The World Bank’s annual report Global Development Finance 2001 (GDF 2001) shows that, after two year of decline, investment in East Asia (excluding Japan) increased by 42 percent in 2000. The study predicts that this year the average growth rate will be 5.5 percent in 19 East Asian countries. One of the key factors contributing to this revival has been US$58 billion in investment, 71 percent of which was in t