Homosexual acts are not outlawed in Cambodia, as they are in a few Southeast Asian countries, but outward displays of affection and untraditional lifestyles are rare.
First, the country's outward foreign direct investment is likely to exceed its inward flows (chart 3).
All four countries are outward-looking, with a particular interest in Asian markets.
But there are worries about rising Chinese labour costs, the rule of law, the security of intellectual property, a recent economic slowdown and even, with a leadership tussle apparently under way, political stability.Other favoured countries for Japanese outward investment face troubles of their own.
Nevertheless, cross-EU mobility is on an upward trend and not only due to the enlargement of the EU to Eastern European countries with high outward migration rates.
In the context of the upcoming 2015 inauguration of the ASEAN Economic Community [ 22], the relaxation of medical council requirements on licensing may increase the number of foreign graduates practising in Thailand; meanwhile, licensing relaxation in recipient countries may stimulate outward migration of Thai physicians to practise abroad.
In Sri Lanka, the implementation of wide-ranging policy reforms and institutional changes designed to move the country toward an outward oriented market economy, have strengthened concerns about environmental degradation and the sustainability of the country's natural resource base.
The country meanwhile pushed outward with diplomacy, trade, public relations and minimal military entanglements.
One-third of the country, lying farther outward from the spine of Zimbabwe, mostly to the south, and receiving 14 to 18 inches of rainfall annually, is used for semi-extensive farming, while about one-fourth of the country in the Lowveld toward the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers, receiving less than 16 inches a year, is fit only for ranching.
Attracting FDI has been key drivers for Kenya and other developing countries, in its outward-oriented development strategy improving economic status (Kayonga 2008).
