Retention and Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment : Political Risk and Policy Responses

Due to its recognized benefits, most countries today regardless of their level of development compete for and dedicate significant resources to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Capturing the full positive spillovers of FDI is a long-term...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLITICAL RISK GOVERNMENT CONDUCT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/387801576142339003/Political-Risk-and-Policy-Responses http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33082

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spelling	okr-10986-330822021-05-25T09:31:17Z Retention and Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment : Political Risk and Policy Responses World Bank FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLITICAL RISK GOVERNMENT CONDUCT Due to its recognized benefits, most countries today regardless of their level of development compete for and dedicate significant resources to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Capturing the full positive spillovers of FDI is a long-term process and requires regulatory certainty and predictability to enable strategic business planning. This paper aims to fill this gap in evidence-based policy making, by contributing to the understanding of how political risks emanating from government conduct affect FDI and proposing a tool for governments to help investors retain and expand investments. Based on investor survey data and empirical analysis of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), the paper aims to draw attention to this issue and to highlight that many countries may inadvertently be losing significant amounts of FDI. The paper responds to an urgent need for governments to provide a minimum institutional infrastructure that can enable a lead agency to identify, track, and manage conflicts arising between investors and public agencies as early as possible. 2019-12-23T21:32:25Z 2019-12-23T21:32:25Z 2019 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/387801576142339003/Political-Risk-and-Policy-Responses http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33082 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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description	Due to its recognized benefits, most countries today regardless of their level of development compete for and dedicate significant resources to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Capturing the full positive spillovers of FDI is a long-term process and requires regulatory certainty and predictability to enable strategic business planning. This paper aims to fill this gap in evidence-based policy making, by contributing to the understanding of how political risks emanating from government conduct affect FDI and proposing a tool for governments to help investors retain and expand investments. Based on investor survey data and empirical analysis of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), the paper aims to draw attention to this issue and to highlight that many countries may inadvertently be losing significant amounts of FDI. The paper responds to an urgent need for governments to provide a minimum institutional infrastructure that can enable a lead agency to identify, track, and manage conflicts arising between investors and public agencies as early as possible.
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title	Retention and Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment : Political Risk and Policy Responses
title_short	Retention and Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment : Political Risk and Policy Responses
title_full	Retention and Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment : Political Risk and Policy Responses
title_fullStr	Retention and Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment : Political Risk and Policy Responses
title_full_unstemmed	Retention and Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment : Political Risk and Policy Responses
title_sort	retention and expansion of foreign direct investment : political risk and policy responses
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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Retention and Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment : Political Risk and Policy Responses

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