1、2022/2023Foreign Direct Investment and Policies in the Health Sector in Asia and the Pacific ASIA-PACIFIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS 2022/2023 ii ASIA-PACIFIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS 2022/2023 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:This Brief was written by Vanika Sharma,Consultant,Investment an

2、d Enterprise Section,Trade,Investment and Innovation Division,ESCAP.The Brief was developed under the supervision of Rupa Chanda,Director,TIID;Heather Taylor-Strauss,Economic Affairs Officer,Technology and Innovation Section,TIID;and Yann Duval,Chief,Trade Policy and Facilitation Section(TPFS),TIID.

3、Natnicha Sutthivana provided secretariat support as well as cover design and editorial layout.The Brief was copy-edited by Robert Oliver.ASIA-PACIFIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS 2022/2023 iv Contents Highlights.1 1.Introduction.3 2.FDI and Health:Literature review.4 3.Health sector FDI definition an

4、d trends.6 3.1 Health sector FDI trends.6 3.2 Mergers and acquisitions in the health sector in Asia and the Pacific.12 3.3 Country-wise health sector FDI trends in Asia and the Pacific.13 4.National investment policies in the health sector.17 4.1 Restrictive policies.17 4.2 Liberalizing policies.19

5、5.Policy recommendations for increased investment in the health sector.24 6.Conclusion.27 References.28 ASIA-PACIFIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS 2022/2023 1 Highlights?The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the cracks in the current health sector.From 2019 to 2020,investment in the health-care se

6、ctor dropped by 45 per cent and continued to decline in 2021 to 34 per cent in the first three quarters of 2022.?Globally,greenfield investment in the health sector,from 2008 to 2021,fluctuated considerably,falling by 28 per cent between 2008 and 2012 and then increasing by 97 per cent to US$24 bill