Investment Facilitation

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    Policy Toolkit for Strengthening FDI and SME Linkages

    Strengthening linkages between foreign direct investment (FDI) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is important to boost productivity and innovation across countries and regions in the OECD and beyond. This policy toolkit offers policy advice to national and subnational governments on how to increase knowledge and technology benefits from FDI on domestic SMEs and the local economy.

    Source: OECD, 2023

    Policymakers: Investment Facilitation,
    Strengthening linkages between foreign direct investment (FDI) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is important to boost productivity and innovation across countries and regions in the OECD and beyond. This policy toolkit offers policy advice to national and subnational governments on how to increase knowledge and technology benefits from FDI on domestic SMEs and the local economy.
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    Promoting International Investment by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

    This report discusses how to reduce the common investment policy bias in home and host countries towards large MNEs, the role of SMEs in South–South and intraregional FDI, and ways and means to maximize the development impact of SME FDI. It introduces a new framework to assess the relevance and effectiveness of existing investment policies for the promotion of SME investment and presents policy options.

    Source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Investment Facilitation,
    This report discusses how to reduce the common investment policy bias in home and host countries towards large MNEs, the role of SMEs in South–South and intraregional FDI, and ways and means to maximize the development impact of SME FDI. It introduces a new framework to assess the relevance and effectiveness of existing investment policies for the promotion of SME investment and presents policy options.
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    WTO Documents Online

    WTO Documents Online provides access to the official documentation of the World Trade Organization.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building, Contractual Disputes, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Export Potential, Intellectual Property, International Organization, Investment Facilitation, Logistics, Regional Trade Agreements, Regulation & Standards, Sustainability, Tariffs & Taxes, Trade Remedies,
    WTO Documents Online provides access to the official documentation of the World Trade Organization.
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    International Trade Centre (ITC) Investment Map

    The Investment Map database collects yearly FDI statistics for about 200 countries and detailed FDI sectoral and/or country breakdown for about 115 countries.

    Source: International Trade Centre (ITC)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Capacity Building, Export Potential, Investment Facilitation,
    The Investment Map database collects yearly FDI statistics for about 200 countries and detailed FDI sectoral and/or country breakdown for about 115 countries.
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    SME Policy Index

    The Index identifies strengths and weaknesses in policy design and implementation, allows for comparison across countries and measures convergence towards good practices and relevant policy standards.

    Source: OECD

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building, Contractual Disputes, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Export Potential, Intellectual Property, Investment Facilitation, Logistics, Regional Trade Agreements, Regulation & Standards, Sustainability, Tariffs & Taxes, Trade Remedies, Europe,
    The Index identifies strengths and weaknesses in policy design and implementation, allows for comparison across countries and measures convergence towards good practices and relevant policy standards.
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    UNCTAD Investment Policy Monitor

    This tool provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.

    Source: UNCTAD

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Investment Facilitation,
    This tool provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
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    World Investment Report 2022

    This report provides a guide for policymakers to navigate the complex new tax rules and to adjust their investment strategies.

    Source: UNCTAD, 2022

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Investment Facilitation,
    This report provides a guide for policymakers to navigate the complex new tax rules and to adjust their investment strategies.
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    Southeast Asian SMEs in Global Value Chains

    The publication documents the findings on leveraging foreign investment in GVCs to create opportunities for Southeast Asian SMEs.

    Source: OECD, UNIDO, 2019

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Investment Facilitation, Asia & Middle East,
    The publication documents the findings on leveraging foreign investment in GVCs to create opportunities for Southeast Asian SMEs.
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    Middle East and North Africa Investment Policy Perspectives

    The publication takes stock of investment policy trends and reforms in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, and Tunisia, and draws out common challenges, offering suggestions of reform priorities.

    Source: OECD, 2021

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Investment Facilitation, Africa, Asia & Middle East,
    The publication takes stock of investment policy trends and reforms in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, and Tunisia, and draws out common challenges, offering suggestions of reform priorities.
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    An Investor Survey of Investment Facilitation Measures

    This report presents the results of a surveyed that queried members of the Americas Business Dialogue active as foreign investors in Latin America and the Caribbean on the importance they attach to a key set of investment facilitation measures. The objective of the report was to inform negotiators at the WTO working on an investment facilitation for development agreement.

    Source: Inter-American Development Bank, 2022

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Investment Facilitation, South & Central America and the Caribbean,
    This report presents the results of a surveyed that queried members of the Americas Business Dialogue active as foreign investors in Latin America and the Caribbean on the importance they attach to a key set of investment facilitation measures. The objective of the report was to inform negotiators at the WTO working on an investment facilitation for development agreement.
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    Investment Policy and Promotion

     The World Bank helps countries establish a competitive investment climate that is favorable for attracting, retaining, and expanding sustainable FDI.

    Source: The World Bank

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Investment Facilitation,
     The World Bank helps countries establish a competitive investment climate that is favorable for attracting, retaining, and expanding sustainable FDI.
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    UNCTAD Investment Policy Hub

     The UNCTAD website provides tools and resources on investment policies, including policy frameworks, policy reviews, the policy monitor, and several online navigators.

    Source: UNCTAD

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Investment Facilitation,
     The UNCTAD website provides tools and resources on investment policies, including policy frameworks, policy reviews, the policy monitor, and several online navigators.