Foreign direct investment flows can, and should, be encouraged.

(iii) Encourage the participation of foreign private investment in infrastructure development

Promoting OFDI Key laws and regulations

Such FDI policies include investment subsidies, tax abatements, and exemptions from domestic regulation and laws.

Foreign direct investment

The basic legal structure for foreign investment in Peru is formed by the 1993 constitution, the Private Investment Growth Law, and the November 1996 Investment Promotion Law.

Third, the Singapore Government plays a significant role in promoting OFDI.

Losing the Foreign Investment Race

How to Boost Foreign Investment

Foreign direct investment

FDI and Development Policy Issues Related to the Growth of FDI in Services

The Benefits of Chinese FDI

Attention should also be paid to how to foster FDI at the regional level and the need to strengthen human and institutional capacity building efforts at the subnational level to help developing countries attract FDI.

FDI And Development The Case of Privatization Related Services FDI Trends, Impact and Policy Issues

Beware of FDI Protectionism

Indian equity participation is largely majority owned.

The Commission welcomes the interaction with the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) in support of the efforts of developing countries to attract beneficial FDI and requests that the practice of joint sessions be continued.

Bilateral investment guarantee agreements, double taxation avoidance and free trade area arrangements have also played a role in encouraging OFDI from developing countries.

Investment promotion agencies for inward FDI and OFDI, both in developing and developed countries, could coordinate their efforts.

In the case of ASEAN, intraregional FDI accounts for close to one fifth of the total FDI.

Promoting investment and private flows

Ireland showed the importance of foreign direct investment.

The impact of FDI on development

Emerging FDI from developing countries

Obstacles to OFDI

Effectiveness of Foreign Direct Investment Policy Measures

The investment climate and FDI

Reasons for OFDI now include, apart from seeking markets, to acquire strategic assets like technology, marketing and brand names, and establish trade supporting networks.

The relaxation of exchange controls and the significant liberalization of OFDI policies in the 1990s played an important role in encouraging Indian enterprises to invest abroad.

FDI in safety we were just watching and taking care of the perimeter of FDI and 30 seconds later, it exploded we were hit by RPG's and AK's then began to arrive so far, I saw everything happening where the insurgents appeared, and where were the RPG, ve only dust and dirt everywhere, smoke

The shift of FDI to services

Outward FDI from developing countries

Table 2. FDI outflows as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation in selected economies, 2001 2003a (concluded)

The case of South South FDI

Drivers and motivation of OFDI

Benefits and costs of FDI for African development

Apart from these GLCs under the stewardship of Temasek Holdings in spearheading OFDI from Singapore, three government agencies are also strategically important in promoting OFDI from Singapore

) To the extent that these agreements protect investment and open up industries for FDI, they facilitate OFDI from developing countries.

FDI by SMEs involved evaluation of investment locations based on a set of variables which could be clustered under markets, costs, natural resources, infrastructure framework, policy framework and business promotion and support factors.

It should also disseminate information on country experiences related to FDI policies and the interaction between foreign and domestic investment.

IPAs in developing countries could take advantage of this potential by tailoring promotion and targeting strategies to encourage FDI.

Whilst a significant reason, cost saving is not the most important factor in fostering OFDI from Singapore.

The country has sought to attract FDI for many years, establishing special economic zones for foreign investment.

Luxembourg and Spain, both major recipients of FDI in 2003, received lower FDI inflows last year.

The Expert Meeting will focus on the issues of FDI data compilation and analysis and its role in the formulation of FDI policies from a development perspective.