Promoting Foreign Investment in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations

Promoting Foreign Investment in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations

Fragile and conflict-affected situations might appear incapable of attracting significant flows of foreign investment due to their often negative international images and weak enabling environments. However, during the last eight years, foreign investment into these economies has grown almost three times more quickly than flows into the rest of the world, albeit from a very low starting point. Untapped natural resources, reconstruction needs, and severely underserved consumer demand present domestic and foreign investors with significant opportunities, many of which continue to go unrealized. This note provides guidance to investment policymakers and promoters in fragile and conflict-affected situations, whose work is needed to bring those opportunities to fruition.

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Main Authors: Whyte, Robert, Griffin, Carlos
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-04
Subjects:ACCESS TO CAPITAL, AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS, BENEFICIARIES, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, CAPITALS, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, COMPETITIVE MARKETS, CONSUMER DEMAND, CREDIBILITY, CURRENCY, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DUE DILIGENCE, ENABLING ENVIRONMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, EQUIPMENT, EXPENDITURE, EXPROPRIATION, FINANCIAL SECTORS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTORS, FUTURE GROWTH, GLOBAL INVESTMENT, GLOBAL INVESTOR, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS, GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES, GROUP INVESTMENT, HOUSING, HUMAN RESOURCES, INCOME, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INVESTING, INVESTMENT BANKING, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT CLIMATE ISSUES, INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS, INVESTMENT FUNDS, INVESTMENT INCENTIVES, INVESTMENT PROCESS, INVESTMENT PROJECTS, INVESTMENT PROMOTION, INVESTMENT REGIMES, INVESTOR INFORMATION, JOB CREATION, JOINT VENTURES, LAND HOLDINGS, LAWS, MICROFINANCE, MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY, MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES, MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL INVESTMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEW MARKETS, POLITICAL RISK, POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE, POTENTIAL INVESTORS, PREFERENTIAL ACCESS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC RELATIONS, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, REAL ESTATE, REGULATORS, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, REGULATORY TASKS, REMITTANCES, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RESERVES, RESPONSIBLE INVESTORS, RETAIL BANKING, RETURN, RETURNS, SMALL ENTERPRISES, SOCIAL ISSUES, SOCIAL RISKS, TAX, TAX REVENUE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRACK RECORD, TRADING, TRADITIONAL INVESTMENT, TRANSPARENCY,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/20272410/promoting-foreign-investment-fragile-conflict-affected-situations
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20432
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Summary:Fragile and conflict-affected situations might appear incapable of attracting significant flows of foreign investment due to their often negative international images and weak enabling environments. However, during the last eight years, foreign investment into these economies has grown almost three times more quickly than flows into the rest of the world, albeit from a very low starting point. Untapped natural resources, reconstruction needs, and severely underserved consumer demand present domestic and foreign investors with significant opportunities, many of which continue to go unrealized. This note provides guidance to investment policymakers and promoters in fragile and conflict-affected situations, whose work is needed to bring those opportunities to fruition.

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