a. Please describe and make comments about the Foreign Direct Investment net inflow between Thailand and the Philippines.

2016:

Philippines 2.60%

Thailand 0.84%

2017:

Philippines 3.12%

Thailand 1.82%

2018:

Philippines 2.87%

Thailand 2.60%

2019:

Philippines 2.30%

Thailand 0.88%

Our World in Data Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP, 2016 to 2019 Foreign direct investment (FDI) are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. 3% 2.5% Philippines 2% 1.5% 1% Thailand 0.5% 0% 2016 2017 2018 2019 Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by World Bank CC BY