11. Environmental investments total investments

For the profit distributed by overseas investors from domestic enterprises in China used for the scope of application of no withholding income tax policy for domestic direct investment, the foreign investment encouraged projects should be extended to all non prohibited foreign investment projects and fields.

With regard to foreign direct investment, there was a concern that only 3 per cent of such flows are going to Africa.

An environmental offset investment is a financial programme in which one country foregoes a domestic environmental investment in favour of financing a more cost effective programme in another country addressing a global environmental problem.

This treaty improved the investment climate and encouraged investment.

Conventional wisdom

It also included the part that the profits allocated to the overseas investors belonged to the earnings from equity investments of dividends and bonus generated by the retained earnings which had been achieved for what was actually allocated to the investors by the enterprises held by Chinese residents.

An investment climate providing legal protections for investors could help to attract technology based investments.

That process would have a positive impact on economic development and on the climate for foreign investment in Kosovo.

Developing countries should build an enabling environment in order to attract investment and enhance domestic resource mobilization.

Improving the climate for private investment

Environmental offset investment programmes

In this regard, UNCTAD was encouraged to offer greater support to the OECD NEPAD Investment Initiative to improve the investment climate in African countries so as to promote both domestic and foreign direct investment.

When making an overseas investment, an enterprise shall acquire the approval of the investors and comply with the related provisions of the state on the examination and approval of overseas investment projects and foreign exchange control.

81. Creating a positive environment for investment.

A sound domestic investment climate also needs to be supported by international rules and standards.

Furthermore, few foreign and domestic investors are willing to risk investing in countries with deficient regulatory environments, infrastructure problems and often unstable economic or political environments.36

The environment investing in better resource management

Substantive content of strategic framework for the biennium 2008

C. Investment climate and international competitiveness

Prohibitive transport and transit costs, narrow resource bases and small domestic markets were not attractive to foreign investors.

Improvements and reforms of transit regimes could start out with an initial investment which then induced a virtuous cycle, where more transit trade encouraged more investment, which in turn facilitated further transit trade.

The representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) focused on the investment climate and the creation of an environment conducive to FDI.

(i) Assistance in the creation of conducive investment climate

Most least developed countries have put in place liberal policies to attract foreign direct investment, but the volume of that investment in those countries has remained scanty.

Improving the investment climate in each of the five States and establishing conditions for increasing investments in economic projects in their territories.

The investment policy reviews and investment guides produced by UNCTAD had been valuable in improving the investment policy environment in those countries.

The investment policy reviews and investment guides produced by UNCTAD had been valuable in improving the investment policy environment in those countries.

Investment rate ( GDP)

It is crucial to have an environment that enables the mobilization of domestic resources, encourages productive investments, increases productivity and helps attract international finance.

It was clarified that the direct investments made by the foreign investors from their allocated profits included the equity investments made by the foreign investors from their allocated profits, such as capital increase, new construction, and share acquisition, but excluded the new shares, turning point increase shares, and acquisition of shares from the listed companies except the eligible strategic investments.

The volumes of investments and of transit traffic had also increased significantly.

Trade and Investment Effects of EMS Standards

Investment Performance by Account

(d) Governments should introduce measures aimed at improving the environment for foreign direct investment in their countries.

It should also disseminate information on country experiences related to FDI policies and the interaction between foreign and domestic investment.

7. Emphasizes the importance of a supportive international economic environment, including investment and trade, for the promotion of entrepreneurship and privatization

Ratio of gross domestic investment to GDP

(5) labour peace, since it offers a propitious environment for investment and development.

a) Promotion of inward foreign direct investment

Programme Component D.4 Promotion of Domestic Investment, FDI and Alliances

Intra South, East and Southeast Asia Almost two fifths of the FDI stock in Asia is intraregional, with Hong Kong (China), China and Singapore as leading investors in their own region (table 3).

As a result, net domestic resources available for investment, as represented by domestic savings less net transfers abroad (or gross national savings), were reduced by that much, thereby adversely affecting the level of domestic investment and increasing the gap between investment and savings.

Consequently, attracting FDI is not the same thing as building a dynamic investment climate.

Such a contribution depends on the existence of an environment conducive to the functioning of a market economy and domestic and foreign investment.