evidence: Sources: Asian Development Bank 2015; Board of Investment Pakistan 2021; Board of Investment, Sri Lanka 2017; and UNCTAD2021. Note: FDI = foreign direct investment; GVC = global value chain; SEZ = special economic zone.Includes zones that have a public-private partnership component. [...] Source: Asian Development Bank 2021. Note: ASEAN+6 = ASEAN (Brunei Darussalam, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) plus six countries outside ASEAN (Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand); FTA = free trade agreement.Date the FTA was signed and entered into effect. [...] Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). 2015. Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia. Manila, Philippines, and Tokyo, Japan: ADB and ADBI.