A Mapping of Investment Promotion Agencies
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Policy Insights POLICY POLICY INSIGHTS Investment Promotion . INVESTMENT PROMOTION IN EURASIA EURASIA IN PROMOTION INVESTMENT A MAPPING OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES in Eurasia Like most governments around the world, Eurasia governments have established investment A Mapping of Investment promotion agencies (IPAs) to promote their countries as investment destinations, attract foreign direct investment (FDI), and facilitate foreign investors’ establishment and expansion in the domestic economy. Promotion Agencies This report takes stock of Eurasia countries’ efforts to attract foreign investment, and offers comparisons with investment promotion practices in the OECD, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It provides a detailed understanding of Eurasia IPAs’ structure and settings, strategies and activities. It suggests options for strengthening investment promotion efforts in Eurasia and adapting them to the new context being defined by the unfolding COVID-19 crisis. A MAPPING OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES PROMOTION INVESTMENT OF MAPPING A www.oecd.org/eurasia GLOBAL RELATIONS Eurasia Competitiveness Programme st OFDE This work is published under the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the member countries of the OECD. This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. Please cite this publication as: OECD(2020), Investment Promotion in Eurasia: A Mapping of Investment Promotion Agencies, OECD Publishing, Paris, www.oecd.org/eurasia/competitiveness-programme/central-asia/Investment- Pomotion-in-Eurasia-A-Mapping-of-Investment-Promotion-Policies-ENG.pdf © OECD 2020 You can copy, download or print OECD content for your own use, and you can include excerpts from OECD publications, databases and multimedia products in your own documents, presentations, blogs, websites and teaching materials, provided that suitable acknowledgement of OECD as source and copyright owner is given. All requests for public or commercial use and translation rights should be submitted to [email protected]. Requests for permission to photocopy portions of this material for public or commercial use shall be addressed directly to the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) at [email protected] or the Centre français d’exploitation du droit de copie (CFC) at [email protected]. 3 Foreword Like most governments around the world, Eurasia governments have established investment promotion agencies (IPAs) to promote their countries as investment destinations, attract foreign direct investment (FDI), and facilitate foreign investors’ establishment and expansion in the domestic economy. This report takes stock of Eurasia governments’ efforts to attract foreign investment, and offers comparisons with investment promotion practices in the OECD, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The report is part of a wider mapping of IPAs, based on an extensive survey designed and conducted by the OECD, in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In Eurasia, the mapping was carried out by the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Programme, with the support of the European Union’s EU4Business initiative and the government of Kazakhstan. This report is based on data from the OECD-IDB IPA database, which contains information on investment promotion agencies and practices from 69 economies in total, including 32 from the OECD, 10 from Eurasia, 19 from LAC, and eight from MENA. The respondent countries in Eurasia include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The report also draws on discussions held with IPAs in the framework of various workshops and missions. The aim of this report is to foster peer learning among IPA practitioners and policymakers by better understanding differences and similarities across agencies. The report also suggests avenues for Eurasia governments and their IPAs to consider in the future development of their investment promotion efforts. It paves the way for further analytical and evidence-based investment promotion work on topics of interest to OECD and non- OECD countries. The OECD thanks all Eurasia IPAs that have participated in the mapping for their availability and their contributions to discussions held during workshops and seminars. The report was drafted by Peline Atamer, Project Manager, and Fabio Ascione, Junior Policy Analyst, of the Eurasia Division of the OECD Global Relations Secretariat (GRS), under the leadership of Ana Novik, Head of the Investment Division of the OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF), and William Tompson, Head of the Eurasia Division (GRS). Valuable feedback and comments were provided by Alexandre de Crombrugghe, Economist and Project Manager (DAF); Alexander Böhmer, Head of the Southeast Asia Division (GRS); Arnault Prêtet, Project Manager (Eurasia/GRS); Daniel Quadbeck, Senior Policy Analyst (Eurasia/GRS); and Talisa zur Hausen, Policy Analyst (Eurasia/GRS). Final editorial support was provided by Vanessa Berry-Chatelain, Communications Manager, and Kristin Sazama, Communications Officer, OECD Global Relations Secretariat. Valuable administrative support was also provided by Orla Halliday and Eugenia Klimenka from the Eurasia Division (GRS). INVESTMENT PROMOTION PRACTICES IN EURASIA: A MAPPING OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES © OECD 2020 4 Table of Contents Foreword ................................................................................................................................................ 3 Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 7 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 10 Investment promotion and facilitation efforts and the role of IPAs................................................... 12 Purpose of the OECD-IDB IPA mapping and report ......................................................................... 13 1. Institutional settings and IPA roles ................................................................................................ 15 Organisational settings ....................................................................................................................... 15 Mandates, resources and strategic planning ....................................................................................... 21 Institutional relationships ................................................................................................................... 27 2. Activities ........................................................................................................................................... 33 Functions and Activities .................................................................................................................... 34 Prioritisation strategies ...................................................................................................................... 46 Annex 2.A. Shares of activities performed within each core function .............................................. 53 Annex 2.B. Overview of Eurasia IPAs’ targeting approaches ........................................................... 54 3. Monitoring and evaluation ............................................................................................................. 55 Overall level of engagement in Monitoring and Evaluation .............................................................. 56 Monitoring and Evaluation activities ................................................................................................. 59 4. The way forward ............................................................................................................................. 68 Guide Eurasia IPAs in their efforts to strengthen their institutional and strategic frameworks ......... 68 Help Eurasia governments to strengthen their investment facilitation and policy advocacy frameworks ........................................................................................................................................ 68 Provide Eurasia IPAs with recommendations to strengthen monitoring and evaluation ................... 69 References ............................................................................................................................................ 70 Tables Table 1.1. IPAs’ top three challenges: regional rankings ...................................................................... 17 Table 2.1. IPAs’ four core functions ..................................................................................................... 34 Table 2.2. Number of facilitation and aftercare activities performed by Eurasia IPAs ......................... 40 Table 2.3. List of IPAs by strategic profiles in Eurasia and the OECD ................................................ 46 Table 2.4. Priority sectors in Eurasia ..................................................................................................... 49 Table 2.5. Criteria used for sector prioritisation by IPA