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Investment for development: Regional and country initiatives

International investment is one of the main drivers of globalisation so sound policies towards investment are vital for world prosperity and stability. The OECD works with regions and economies around the world to help improve the investment climate.

Freedom of investment at the OECD

International investment spurs prosperity and economic development in home and recipient countries. Policy coordination helps governments resist protectionist pressures and develop effective policies. The OECD's Freedom of Investment process brings together some 56 governments from around the world to exchange information and experiences on investment policies at regular roundtables.

Monitoring investment and trade measures

G20 Leaders are firmly committed to open trade and investment and to resisting protectionism in all its forms. They have mandated WTO, OECD and UNCTAD – the leading international organisations in the area of international trade and investment policies – to monitor policy developments and report publicly on these commitments.

OECD Investment Policy Reviews: Croatia 2019

OECD countries adopt a strengthened framework for ensuring orderly capital flows

For almost 60 years, the OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements has provided a balanced framework for allowing countries to progressively remove barriers to the movement of capital, while providing flexibility to cope with situations of economic and financial instability. A review of the Code was adopted in 2019 to strengthen the instrument and respond to new financial stability challenges.

Mapping of Investment Promotion Agencies: Middle East and North Africa

This report provides an inventory of existing practices among IPAs in eight southern Mediterranean (MED) economies: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, and Tunisia. Each MED country has one national IPA with the exception of Tunisia, where three agencies have investment promotion functions. The survey was therefore conducted with ten different agencies.

New Progress Report on National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct

New Progress Report on National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct released at the 2019 OECD’s Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris addresses the need for more government support and resources to ensure that National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct (NCPs) reach their full potential.

OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements, 2019 (FR)

Cette publication présente le texte intégral du Code de l’OCDE de la Libération des Mouvements de Capitaux en vertu duquel les pays adhérents ont accepté des obligations juridiquement contraignantes. Elle permet une comparaison du degré de libéralisation atteint par chaque pays adhérent en relation aux mouvements de capitaux à la date de Mai 2019.

Code of Liberalisation of Current Invisible Operations 2019 (FR)

Cette publication présente le texte intégral du Code de la libération des opérations invisibles courantes, dont les dispositions, acceptées par les pays Membres de l'OCDE, ont force obligatoire.

FDI in Figures April 2019 Latin America (Spanish)

29/04/2019- Los flujos de IED hacia los principales países de Latinoamérica y Caribe (LAC) experimentaron en 2018 una caída menor que en el mundo y que en la OCDE, de 6%, a USD 137 billones. Este fue el segundo nivel más bajo desde 2009, en el peor momento de la crisis.