Mapping of investment promotion agencies in OECD countries / OECD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, Foreign--Developing countries.

Investments, Foreign.

Industrial promotion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

This report provides an inventory of existing practices among investment promotion agencies (IPAs) in 32 OECD countries. This mapping exercise covers a wide range of areas pertaining to investment promotion and facilitation with a view to enhancing peer-learning amongst practitioners. It will allow practitioners and policy makers to benchmark their IPAs against those of other countries and help them to better grasp the similarities and differences across agencies.

Contents:

Executive Summary

Introduction

The role of foreign direct investment in OECD countries

What drives investors' location decisions?

The rationale for investment promotion and the role of IPAs

Purpose of the OECD IPA mapping report

Chapter 1. Institutional choices and organisational characteristics

Institutional environment and governance of IPAs

Resources and internal organisation

Summary

Annex 1.A. Snapshot of IPAs' main institutional characteristics

Chapter 2. Functions and activities

IPAs' resource allocation across the four core functions of investment promotion

IPAs' activities within core functions

Categorising IPAs into strategic profiles to understand their activities

Annex 2.A. Core functions' definitions in the OECD-IDB IPA survey

Annex 2.B. Correlation analysis between the size of budget and the share of core functions into total budget

Annex 2.C. Detailed activity mix analysis of OECD IPAs according to their strategic profiles

Chapter 3. Prioritisation strategies for FDI attraction and generation

What is prioritised and why?

How does prioritisation work?

Conclusion

Annex 3.A. Overview of prioritisation and exclusion strategies by OECD IPAs

Chapter 4. Monitoring and evaluation

Organisational setting and reporting, data tracking tools and feedback processes

Methodologies and indicators

Chapter 5. Co-operation and co-ordination

IPA's co-operation network

Co-operation and co-ordination with agencies and representations abroad

Co-operation and co-ordination with sub-national agencies

Chapter 6. The way forward

Bibliography

Notes

Tables

Figures

Boxes.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

92-64-90535-9