So they can be a cash, or a cause, investor.

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

Article 6 The State shall protect the lawful rights and interests of the persons who invest in the exploitation of the coal resources according to law.

The practice of using centralized capital investments should also be radically improved.

(c) What are the steps in undertaking an investment from plans to operations and how can these steps be facilitated so that potential investors do not lose interest?

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The liberalization of FDI regimes does not immediately evoke an investor response, for several reasons.

All right, then, having done all that, what else do I want to know as a VC?

(4) legality, in order to provide investors and workers with legal certainty

We do not invest in victims, we invest in survivors.

And then he'd say to invest it. Invest in what? I'd say.

The Investment Management Service share would be offset against investment income, as is currently done for all activities under the budget component quot Investment costs quot .

International donors and investors have withheld their aid or investments pending the introduction of legal and economic reforms.

With regard to the paid in capital raised by the enterprise, during its persistent operation, the investors may transfer or reduce the capital under the related laws, administrative regulations and articles of association of the enterprise, but may not withdraw the capital contribution directly or in any disguised form.

In this respect, you have been invited to focus on bilateral investment treaties as a first approximation to the broader universe of investment agreements that also includes, of course, regional and multilateral instruments.

Support will be provided in enhancing regional development by analysing existing credit and investment policies and formulating specific recommendations for the improvement of existing investment laws, regulations and incentives in order to increase significantly the attractiveness of member countries to domestic and foreign investors, with particular emphasis on intraregional capital flows and the return of capital invested outside the region.

This financial sector approach is considerably different from the historical UNCDF approach to making individual investments in promising MFIs.

Such practices may have significant effects on both trade and investment and require further examination.

This procedure would allow countries wishing to attract investment to be able to address themselves to a single body capable of guiding them in their search for potential investors.

While this practice remains controversial, it is tolerated by investors as long as differentials in voting rights are disclosed.

Investment agreements which signal that investment is valued and that all investors will be treated fairly also promote investment.

They convert investor intentions into actual investment and ensure continued satisfaction through the life of the investment ( aftercare ).

It was also stated by some that bilateral investment treaties were relatively unknown among investors (as opposed to providers of finance and insurance), although investors are concerned about the issues that bilateral investment treaties address.

Do investors ask about a BIT?

At the international level, the more reliable the parameters within which industry and credit systems operated, the more willing investors would be to invest funds.

Foreign direct investment flows have generally been influenced by policies that do not discriminate between foreign and domestic investors.

It was also stated by some that bilateral investment treaties were relatively unknown among investors (as opposed to providers of finance and insurance), although investors are concerned about the issues that bilateral investment treaties address.

The most notable new legislation had included a law on intellectual property rights, a capital investment law that allowed foreign investors up to 100 per cent ownership, and laws enabling foreign banks to operate in Kuwait.

Discussions had been held on issues such as a possible multilateral framework on investment and its development dimension, export processing zones, targeting investors, locational decisions of investors, outward investment promotion measures and investment incentives.

At the same time, the demand for new investment opportunities exists in the financial markets, particularly from socially responsible investors.

The Invest in Peace approach pursued in Sri Lanka may be a useful example for IPRs in other post conflict countries.

(b) How can home country programmes for disseminating information and support services to their investors be improved?

They enabled investors to explore the opportunities the markets of those countries provided more easily, and were useful to those looking for capital flows and new technological solutions.

Second, an IPA usually also undertakes activities related to investor targeting, including identifying potential investors preparing investment profiles and feasibility studies making direct contact with prospective investors and bringing to bear all kinds of marketing and selling skills to generate an investment.

And by the use of pitching PowerPoints to VCs, I have personally raised tens of millions of dollars from VCs through PowerPoint pitches.

When it comes to South South investment, the focus should be on small and medium size foreign investors, who often have different needs from those of traditional home countries.

The greater the risk, either the higher the premium that investors require, or if it is deemed unacceptable, tohey seek other destinations for their investment.

The training courses in investment promotion covered investment promotion strategies, techniques and practices at the national level, but also at the regional and subnational levels.

An UNCTAD 1996 survey of 80 investment promotion agencies (IPAs) wordwide shows that 73 per cent of the IPAs have a system of some sort for identifying and attracting investors, and assessing their economic and financial strengths.

36. With regard to the promotion of inward FDI, countries needed to elaborate a promotion strategy targeting investors and to identify the comparative advantages they could offer the latter, as well as impediments to investment.

Dispossession of the investor

This has included significant investment in knowledge, research and evidence based practice.

Under the latest amendment to the 1991 investment law Romanian and foreign investors enjoyed favourable conditions for their activities.

Moreover, satisfied investors not only reinvest, they also can be the best ambassadors for promoting the country to new investors.

The creation of a positive image of the host country to investors is considered the first step in investment promotion.