Policy Options to Mitigate Political Risk and Attract FDI

Political risks covers a wide range of issues, and this note focuses on a subset of political risk: the risks that arise from government actions, whether political or regulatory, that can affect the profitability of an investment in a foreign count...

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Main Authors: Kher, Priyanka, Chun, Dongwook
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/837421597291950540/Policy-Options-to-Mitigate-Political-Risk-and-Attract-FDI
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spelling okr-10986-343802021-05-25T10:54:39Z Policy Options to Mitigate Political Risk and Attract FDI Kher, Priyanka Chun, Dongwook FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLITICAL RISK INVESTMENT CLIMATE GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE TRANSPARENCY LEGAL PROTECTION INVESTOR GRIEVANCES ACCOUNTABILITY Political risks covers a wide range of issues, and this note focuses on a subset of political risk: the risks that arise from government actions, whether political or regulatory, that can affect the profitability of an investment in a foreign country. Policies adopted and implemented by governments can directly mitigate these risks. Bad governance and economic crises are two big drivers of political risk. Both are currently prevalent globally, but especially in developing countries. The purpose of this note is to summarize how political risk caused by government actions can impact foreign investment, and what tools countries can use to manage and mitigate such risks. 2020-08-24T15:21:53Z 2020-08-24T15:21:53Z 2020-08-12 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/837421597291950540/Policy-Options-to-Mitigate-Political-Risk-and-Attract-FDI http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34380 English Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation in Focus; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
POLITICAL RISK
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
TRANSPARENCY
LEGAL PROTECTION
INVESTOR GRIEVANCES
ACCOUNTABILITY
spellingShingle FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
POLITICAL RISK
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
TRANSPARENCY
LEGAL PROTECTION
INVESTOR GRIEVANCES
ACCOUNTABILITY
Kher, Priyanka
Chun, Dongwook
Policy Options to Mitigate Political Risk and Attract FDI
relation Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation in Focus;
description Political risks covers a wide range of issues, and this note focuses on a subset of political risk: the risks that arise from government actions, whether political or regulatory, that can affect the profitability of an investment in a foreign country. Policies adopted and implemented by governments can directly mitigate these risks. Bad governance and economic crises are two big drivers of political risk. Both are currently prevalent globally, but especially in developing countries. The purpose of this note is to summarize how political risk caused by government actions can impact foreign investment, and what tools countries can use to manage and mitigate such risks.
format Brief
author Kher, Priyanka
Chun, Dongwook
author_facet Kher, Priyanka
Chun, Dongwook
author_sort Kher, Priyanka
title Policy Options to Mitigate Political Risk and Attract FDI
title_short Policy Options to Mitigate Political Risk and Attract FDI
title_full Policy Options to Mitigate Political Risk and Attract FDI
title_fullStr Policy Options to Mitigate Political Risk and Attract FDI
title_full_unstemmed Policy Options to Mitigate Political Risk and Attract FDI
title_sort policy options to mitigate political risk and attract fdi
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/837421597291950540/Policy-Options-to-Mitigate-Political-Risk-and-Attract-FDI
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34380
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