Tag: Investment policy

The WTO’s seventeenth monitoring report on Group of 20 (G20) trade measures, issued on 30 June, shows that trade restrictions in G20 economies have risen at a moderate rate simil...

The Joint African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)-UNCTAD Guiding Principles for Investment Policymaking were approved by the ACP Committee of Ambassadors meeting in Br...

Kenya: Draft Investment Policy (GoK) Up to now, Kenya has not had a single and clearly defined policy solely focusing on investment generation and retention. The Government of Ken...

Through the leadership of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives (MITC), an inter-ministerial task force has developed a draft Kenya Investment Policy. The policy is...

A reminder that the SACU Summit takes place today in Swaziland. tralac’s Weekly Newsletter is posted. Talkmore Chidede examines investment policy reforms in Africa: How can they...

Talkmore Chidede, tralac Researcher, discusses how investment policy reforms in Africa can best be harmonised in order to avoid undesirable fragmentation and overlaps of investment...

Talkmore Chidede, tralac Researcher, discusses recent trends in African foreign direct investment flows according to the latest World Investment Report Despite efforts to attract ...

A selection of updates on the G20 Africa Partnership: Investing in a Common Future Merkel calls for greater investment in Africa ahead of G20 summit. Underscoring the pressure Afr...

Africa is a continent of vast opportunities. Despite the high volatility of commodity prices as well as geo-political and geo-economic uncertainties, the continent’s average real...

The fifth review of the trade policies and practices of Nigeria takes place on 13 and 15 June 2017. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the ...

Featured tweets, @AdanMohamedCS: Kenya is set to host the 2nd Commonwealth SME Trade Summit in October 2018. [It] will provide a forum to link Kenyan MSMEs to opportunities in the...

In the first ranking of its kind, UNCTAD report shows that three countries are home to 75% of the top 100 digital multinationals. What did not exist in 2007? Instagram, Uber and 3...

In recent years, Kenya has moved up 21 places in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index, from 113 in 2015 to 92 in 2016. The country is hopeful of making further gain...

A new World Bank report released today called for increased private sector investment in Africa’s under-developed electricity transmission infrastructure, a vital ingredient for ...

The G20 says closing infrastructure gap on the continent represents a key step to achieving better youth employment and economic transformation. Under the current German G20 Presi...

Executive summary With its “Compact with Africa”, the German G20 Presidency intends to encourage private institutional and corporate investment, together with the African part...

tralac’s Tarik Oguz examines the latest malicious software code attack Race for supremacy: India, Japan plan alternative to counter China’s OBOR (Business Standard) Away from...

This report is a joint effort of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Africa Finance Corporation, focusing on the climate for infrastructure investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. ...

New report outlines path to faster, sustainable economic growth and more inclusive human and social development Morocco has an opportunity in the years ahead to boost economic gro...

Tarik Oguz, tralac Research Advisor – ICT, discusses recent public investment in infrastructure trends for the sub-Saharan Africa region Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa wi...