Investment Facilitation for Development: A Toolkit for Policymakers

Berger, Axel; Sauvant, Karl P.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3830031

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“…5 In addition to the work mentioned, since 2007, the OECD has worked to extend the international evidence on tax incentives for R&D and innovation (https://oe.cd/rdtax) and has developed methodologies and data infrastructure in this area. This includes indicators on direct government support for business R&D and on expenditure-based R&D tax incentives (Appelt, Galindo-Rueda and González Cabral, 2019 [38]; González Cabral, Appelt and Hanappi, 2021 [42]). This work has recently been extended to cover income-based tax incentives for R&D and innovation (González Cabral et al, 2023 [39]; González Cabral et al, 2023 [40]).…”

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Improving transparency of incentives for investment facilitation

2023

OECD Business and Finance Policy Papers

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DisclaimersDisclaimers This paper is published under the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of OECD member countries. This document, as well as any data and any map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.This document was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.

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“…Meanwhile, the WTO can ensure the sustainable development of the international investment law regime [17]. Instead of creating separate BITs between them and other States or forming regional interest groups in conflict with other regions in the world, all member States of the WTO will be able to seize the opportunity of the negotiation grounds set in the WTO system to save transaction costs and push the development of the investment law framework.…”

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Solutions from BITS, RTAs and MIAs for the Current Issues Involving in the International Investment Law

Hu¹,

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Peng³

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Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Financial Innovation and Economic Development (ICFIED 2022)

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With the advancement of globalization, the current international investment legal system has gradually encountered problems such as lack of transparency, lack of consistency, excessive protection of investors, difficulty for policy makers in transforming into domestic legislation, unfairness to developing countries. Solving the above problems will contribute to the further development of economic globalization to some extent. In this regard, this paper analyzes the problems faced by the current international investment legal system. This work first starts from the existing regional investment agreements to find out whether it is possible and to what extent those agreements can solve the above problems. Then, this paper analyzes whether this scheme is valuable based on the multilateral investment treaties that have appeared in the past years but eventually failed. Finally, it puts forward the solution of introducing a new system combining regional and multilateral investment treaties.

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Knightian uncertain violence and the challenge of FDI-assisted development: policy recommendations where civilian lives are at risk

Thakur-Wernz,

Barnard,

Matthee

2024

J Int Bus Policy

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In this interdisciplinary paper, reviewing scholarship on both politically motivated and social violence, we use the Knightian distinction between (measurable) risk and (unknowable) uncertainty to examine how international business is affected when violence is directed at civilians, civilians are killed, and violence levels are constantly changing. Using data on 48 African countries (1997–2021), we show the uncertainty of these actions deters inward foreign direct investment (IFDI). As a high-commitment mode of internationalization, IFDI involves deepening knowledge of and exposure to foreign locations. Because uncertainty challenges the feasibility of deepening knowledge and is so hard to mitigate, investors behave differently than under risky conditions—they avoid contexts with Knightian uncertain violence. Our post hoc analysis shows that as IFDI decreases, exporting by local firms increases, suggesting another way to remain globally economically connected. Although our work raises many questions that demand further research, we can already identify useful policy insights. When violence makes a context uncertain to the point of virtual unknowability, IFDI will only assist development if policymakers and MNEs alike work to reduce violence. Multi-sectoral partnerships, increasing educational opportunities, and especially good governance are critical to ensuring IFDI is not appropriated by perpetrators of violence, but instead serves development.

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Investment Facilitation for Development: A Toolkit for Policymakers

Cited by 4 publications

References 49 publications

Improving transparency of incentives for investment facilitation

Improving transparency of incentives for investment facilitation

Solutions from BITS, RTAs and MIAs for the Current Issues Involving in the International Investment Law

Knightian uncertain violence and the challenge of FDI-assisted development: policy recommendations where civilian lives are at risk

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