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With rising energy prices affecting predominantly European countries, many investors are thinking twice about Europe as a location for foreign direct investment. Here’s what IPAs can do to ensure they can retain FDI in their region.
Covid-19 related supply chain issues, along with Russian aggression towards Ukraine, have raised concerns regarding supply chain vulnerability. In response, many countries are striving towards PV supply chain localization, but how can this be successfully achieved?
Emerging economies with increasing internet users are in a unique position to draw in data center investments and grow their digital economies.
Venture capital (VC) has been booming for several years, which has ultimately had a significant impact on FDI. But now that global VC funding fell by 35% in 2022, how will this decline affect FDI?
Investment promotion agencies (IPAs) need to look beyond job creation and consider a wider range of KPIs in order to accurately capture and measure their broad societal impact.
Following our recently launched initiative "Towards Gender Equality in FDI", we have summed up the key takeaways and learnings from both webinars in this thought piece.
What is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership? Several Asian and Oceanian countries just announced the creation of the world’s largest free trade agreement. Negotiations on…
In these times of falling FDI levels, investment promotion agencies (IPAs) and economic development organizations (EDOs) need to widen their investment attraction focus beyond established…
Since most of the world has gone into lockdown, projections about the likely economic impact have proliferated. These range from “we’ll be fine by the…
An effective approach to aftercare is vital for investment promotion and economic development agencies. Most investment promotion agencies (IPAs) and economic development organizations (EDOs) provide…
In practice, “FDI” is any type of international economic activity that a location wishes to attract. On the face of it, the definition of foreign…