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Investing Across Borders is a World Bank Group initiative comparing regulation of foreign direct investment around the world. It presents quantitative indicators on economies' laws, regulations, and practices affecting how foreign companies invest across sectors, start businesses, access industrial land, and arbitrate commercial disputes.
Boosting FDI competitiveness through better regulation

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Investing Across Borders Investing Across Borders 2010 provides selected indicators of foreign direct investment regulation in 87 economies.


Full Report (PDF, 2.1MB)
Overview (PDF, 202KB)
Note on Report Revisions (PDF, 640KB)

INTERESTING FACTS

  • Many large economies restrict foreign ownership of transportation and electricity companies. More...
  • It can take anywhere from a week to half a year to establish a subsidiary of a foreign company. More...
  • The process of leasing industrial land can take up to a year in some economies. More...
  • Nearly 10% of the surveyed economies do not have a specific arbitration law. More...

WHAT'S NEW

IAB has just launched the data collection for the IAB 2012 report in the following areas:

Grey arrowInvesting Across Sectors
Grey arrowStarting a Foreign Investment
Grey arrowEmploying Skilled Expatriates
Grey arrowConverting and Transferring Currency
Grey arrowArbitrating and Mediating Disputes

Experts in FDI regulation interested in participating in this process are invited to contact Dieter De Smet for more information.