Industry Competitiveness

Many important investment climate issues such as product standard specifications, import policy distortions, environmental regulation, social standards, and constraints to competition are industry-specific in nature and traditionally have been overlooked in the investment climate reform agenda. The Industry Competitiveness Advisory team brings together FIAS expertise to address this gap in the investment policy planning process by identifying and prioritizing the main policy, regulatory, and legal issues through an industry-specific lens.

This industry approach is a combination of industry knowledge, strong economic policy expertise, and tools to address problems of access to industrial property which the private sector frequently encounters in developing countries. This focused approach helps to identify and prioritize investment climate issues and succeeds by

• building private sector capacity
• identifying and supporting anchor investments
• ensuring access to finance along the value chain
• promoting supplier and community linkages.

Specifically, FIAS assists countries in designing special economic zone (SEZ) programs and in developing their agribusiness and tourism sectors. The Industry Competitiveness team focuses on introducing new programs in least-developed economies, particularly in conflict-affected countries.

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