Weitzenegger's Foreign Direct Investment Report

Responsible enterprise, foreign direct investment, and investment promotion
http://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=15511IIED
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is widely considered to be a key factor in economic development in middle and low income countries. Positively, it can be associated with the introduction of new technologies, job creation, access to new markets and improvements in the competitiveness of host countries. But too often, FDI has been associated with environmental degradation, increased inequality, and lack of integration with the local economy. A number of host country government departments have a role in influencing the overall investment climate. Among them, Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) are often players because they are in the front line of targeting investors and marketing the country as a whole. This book brings together a series of papers identifying opportunities for IPAs to attract FDI that is associated with positive contributions to sustainable development and good corporate social responsibility practices. The papers are written by IIED researchers and other sectoral experts, multilateral organizations working closely with IPAs in attracting FDI, and representatives of IPAs themselves. The book points to a number of opportunities for IPAs in attracting FDI with good CSR practices and highlights key leverage points and practical tools to achieve this. It is intended to provide a primer for investment promotion agencies and pointers for approaches that could be deployed in the future. By Annie Dufey and Maryanne Grieg-Gran. International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008.

Foreign Information by Country
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/foreigngovt.htm
Resource Guide by the University Libraries of Colorado at Boulder Wordmark, USA

World Social and Economic Survey 2007
http://www.un.org/esa/policy/wess/
Greater longevity is an indicator of human progress in general. Increased life expectancy and lower fertility rates are changing the population structure worldwide in a major way: the proportion of older persons is rapidly increasing, a process known as population ageing. The process is inevitable and is already advanced in developed countries and progressing quite rapidly in developing ones. The 2007 Survey analyzes the implications of population aging for social and economic development around the world, while recognizing that it offers both challenges and opportunities. Among the most pressing issues is that arising from the prospect of a smaller labor force having to support an increasingly larger older population. Paralleling increased longevity are the changes in intergenerational relationships that may affect the provision of care and income security for older persons, particularly in developing countries where family transfers play a major role.

OECD-MENA Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development
https://www.oecd.org/pages/0,3417,en346452073464546611111,00.html
The Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development is a regional effort, initiated and led by countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It promotes broad reforms to enhance the investment climate, modernise governance structures and operations, strengthen regional and international partnerships, and promote sustainable economic growth throughout the MENA region.

UNCTAD World Investment Report 2007
http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/wir2007en.pdf
Global inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) are on track this year to surpass the record USD 1,411 billion reached in 2000, despite the turmoil in financial markets, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said. The Geneva-based agency's annual World Investment Report ((WIR07) showed that inflows of FDI amounted to USD 1,306 billion in 2006 - the highest since 2000. UNCTAD Secretary-General Supacha Panitchpakdi said, however, that financial instability and high energy prices made the forecasts uncertain. WIR07 is the seventeenth in a series published by UNCTAD. The Report analyses the latest trends in FDI and puts a special focus in 2007 on the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in the extraction of oil, gas, and metal minerals. It shows that the U.S. regained its position as the favorite destination for foreign investors but developing and former communist countries had their fastest growth in investment last year, driven by cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Investment flows into developing countries rose 21 percent from 2005 to USD 379 billion in 2006. At USD 36 billion last year, foreign direct investment in Africa was double its 2004 level because of improved prospects for corporate profits and a more favorable business climate, according to the report. But Africa's share in global foreign direct investment dropped to 2.7 percent from 3.1 percent in 2005.

Capacity building for the promotion of trade and investment in Africa: challenges and strategies
http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/?doc=33741
Given the experience of Africa over the last half century, it is clear that trade reform and openness alone is not sufficient to sustain economic growth and poverty reduction. Commitments made to developing countries under the Doha Development Agenda, to help them participate in negotiate and implement WTO agreements have not been backed by adequate resources. Lack of capacity has been pivotal to Africa's inability to exploit investment and trade opportunities in the global economy. Constraints and challenges include ineffective policies, poor management systems and frameworks, weak governance, the presence of conflicts, the effects of HIV and AIDS and heavy external debt.

Competing for business: A guide to investment incentives
http://www.ipsnews.net/newfocus/subsidies/newsletter/4note.asp
With the progressive dismantling of formal trade barriers as a result of many rounds of global trade negotiations, subsidies have become increasingly important as a way for governments to regulate economic activity within their territories. While subsidies are not necessarily bad policy, it is important to weigh their expected benefits against the possibility of efficiency, equity, or even environmental problems that may result. By Kenneth P. Thomas.

PRO€INVEST
http://www.proinvest-eu.org
Pro€Invest is an EU-ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) partnership programme developed and undertaken by the European Commission on behalf of the ACP countries. Pro€Invest, which has a budget of 110 million EURO over a period of 7 years, is financed by the European Development Fund (EDF).
Its implementation has been entrusted to a Management Unit within the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) under the supervision of the EuropeAid, Co-operation office on the European Commission.

Centre for the Development of Enterprises (CDE)
http://www.cde.int
CDE’s financial resources mainly come from the European Development Fund (EDF). Its objective is to ensure the development of professional ACP enterprises operating in the private sector. CDE operates in complementarity with the European Commission, the Secretariat of the ACP Group of States and the European Investment Bank in the framework of support to the private sector.

Investment Facility/The Private Enterprise Finance Facility
http://www.eib.org/acp
The European Investment Bank has been a development partner in most ACP countries for some 30-40 years. Current EIB-ACP cooperation is based on the Cotonou Agreement that mandates the EIB to provide reimbursable aid to projects, alongside grant aid from the European Commission in 79 ACP countries. The EIB currently has five regional offices in the ACP region.

User's Guide to OECD Codes of Liberalisation of Capital Movements and of Current Invisible Operations
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/21/23/38072327.pdf
The Users' Guide aims to provide an easily accessible summary of the principles of the OECD Codes of Liberalisation of Capital Movements and of Current Invisible Operations, as well as technical commentary to the understandings and interpretations developed in their implementation. The Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements and the Code of Liberalisation of Current Invisible Operations constitute legally binding rules, stipulating progressive, non-discriminatory liberalisation of capital movements, the right of establishment and current invisible transactions (mostly services).

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