Tag: Investment policy
Guiding principles for Investment Policy-Making – A South Africa Scorecard
21 Sep 16 DiscussionAshly Hope, tralac Research Advisor, and Talkmore Chidede, tralac Intern, provide an analysis of South Africa’s foreign investment regime according to the G20 Guiding Principles ...
Fourth Trade Policy Review of Zambia: Minutes of the meeting
24 Aug 16 NewsThe fourth Trade Policy Review of Zambia was held on 21 and 23 June 2016. The review shed light on areas requiring the Government’s attention, and possibly further reforms to hel...
The quest for a Pan-African Investment Code to promote sustainable development
21 Jun 16 NewsIn late 2015, African countries finalised the drafting of the Pan-African Investment Code (PAIC). What is the added value of this continental instrument related to the regulation o...
China and UK partner with ITC to promote investment-led exports and growth in Africa
01 Jun 16 NewsChinese companies are set to scale up their investments on the African continent and play a bigger part in helping Africa achieve higher and more sustained economic growth.
This w...
Recovery in foreign direct investment is unexpectedly strong, but lacks productive impact
21 Jan 16 NewsGlobal flows of foreign direct investment jumped 36 per cent in 2015 to an estimated $1.7 trillion, their highest level since the global economic and financial crisis of 2008-2009,...
A historical perspective on South Africa’s trading and investment profile with Africa in recent years
10 Dec 15 PublicationsThe objective of this working paper is to provide some background to the South African trade and investment profile in recent years, with a special emphasis on the trade relations ...
Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration (CRCI): Enhancing Productive Integration for Africa’s Structural Transformation
17 Nov 15 NewsRegional Cooperation Committee meeting to discuss improvements to Africa’s productive integration and Continental Free Trade Area
Despite growth during the past decade and relat...
Investment Protection Agreements: The Implications of South African Policy and Legislative Changes
15 Oct 15 PublicationsInternational agreements on the promotion and protection of foreign investment do not guarantee investments; nor the right kind. They do, however, play an important role as part of...
Trade for All: European Commission presents new trade and investment strategy
15 Oct 15 NewsThe Commission is proposing a new trade and investment strategy for the European Union, entitled ‘Trade for All: Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’.
The n...
Reforms of International Investment Agreements should promote sustainable development goals
02 Oct 15 NewsSpeakers at the UNCTAD 62nd Trade and Development Board said that international investment agreements must preserve States’ abilities to adopt policies that support the SDGs. A b...
Addressing development challenges in Southern Africa: An Investment Policy Framework for the Southern African Development Community
30 Jul 15 NewsThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) partnered with the OECD in 2013 to create an Investment Policy Framework (IPF) specific to the SADC region. This framework is...
Changes in Foreign Investment in South Africa: a ‘Friends’ perspective
22 Jul 15 PublicationsThis paper provides an update on South Africa’s foreign investment position through to and including the December 2012 year with respect to the old, new and good friends of the E...
UNCTAD Investment Policy Framework 2015 launched at Financing for Development Conference
17 Jul 15 NewsMinisters met with UNCTAD Secretary General Kituyi at the official UNCTAD side event to the Financing for Development (FfD) conference. There Dr. Kituyi launched the newly updated ...
The Investing in Africa Forum: Partnering to accelerate investment, industrialization, and results in Africa
03 Jul 15 NewsThe Investing in Africa Forum: Partnering to Accelerate Investment, Industrializa-tion, and Results was held June 30-July 1, 2015, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, co-organized by the Gov...
Competing smarter: Assessing the report from the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa
22 Apr 15 NewsOne positive outcome of last year’s U.S.-African Leaders Summit was the creation of the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (DBIA), whose purpose is to mak...
Regional Investment Policy Framework for the Southern African Development Community
26 Mar 15 NewsIn 2012, the 15 member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) identified the OECD’s Policy Framework for Investment (PFI) as a reference for develo...
Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2013/2014
12 Mar 15 PublicationsRegional and especially economic integration holds potential and strong benefits for Africa. But this is true only if Africa could succeed in identifying a successful formula to co...
World Investment Report 2014: Investing in the SDGs
14 Oct 14 NewsInvesting in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): An Action Plan
This edition of the World Investment Report provides valuable analysis that can inform global discussions on ...
Training Programme – Drafting and Negotiating Investment Treaties: Zimbabwe, August 2014
20 Aug 14 Eventtralac presented a short course (18-29 August 2014), at the request of Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on ‘Drafting and Nego...
Status of Integration in Africa (SIA V)
30 Jun 14 NewsThe fifth edition of the Status of Integration in Africa report (SIA V) contains information on the implementation process of the integration agenda by the Regional Economic Commun...