Incentives and Performance Requirements for Foreign Direct Investments in Selected Countries

摘要

The study covers foreign direct investment incentives and performance requirements used in 24 industrialized and 16 leading developing countries. The information includes legal requirements, regulatory measures and administrative actions. The study shows that countries offer incentives primarily to promote priority industries, develop economically backward or depressed areas, create jobs and/or improve their balance-of-payments position. Most incentives focus on manufacturing industries; many are directed toward export-oriented industries. The paper also lists performance requirements, i.e., measures governments employ to ensure that investments serve particular national objectives.