Investment Policy and Promotion

Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking - Eyes on COMESA (April 2010)

The Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking Report – Eyes on COMESA contains examples of best practice facilitation from investment promotion intermediaries in the COMESA region and includes specific recommendations for improvement for countries in this region.

Providing Incentives for Investment (January 2010)

Are tax incentives effective at attracting investment or a waste of resources? It depends on the policies used and the sector targeted for investments. This Investment Climate IN PRACTICE note consolidates the policy implications of recent research and offers best practices for incentive policy and administration.

Incentives and Investments: Evidence and Policy Implications (December 2009)

This paper analyzes how investment incentives can be used to foster private investment, particularly in developing countries. What makes such incentives effective? How much should they cost? And how are they linked to policy making and political economy? The assessment draws on existing literature as well as several case studies and surveys conducted for this paper.

Investment Promotion Essentials: What sets the World's Best Investment Facilitators apart from the Rest (September 2009)

This note discusses the 14 common practices of top-performing investment promotion agencies, based on a new survey by the Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group. IPAs can inexpensively implement many of these practices to win a larger share of the trillion-dollar market for foreign investment.

A Rough Guide to Investment Climate Reform in Conflict-Affected Countries (July 2009)

This guide is designed to help project teams engaged in investment climate reform in conflict-affected countries more effectively design, plan, implement, and evaluate reform projects. In this guide investment climate refers to government laws, policies, regulations, and procedures that improve institutional governance, bureaucratic efficiency, and industry competitiveness.

Attracting Investment to South East Europe

This FIAS publication, released in November 2007, presents the findings of a survey of foreign corporate executives on the investment opportunities and challenges of South East Europe, a region considered a new frontier for investment within Europe. The findings indicate that an overwhelming majority of foreign investors are encouraged by the region's performance and optimistic about its prospects.