Investment Policy Monitor
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the Investment Policy Monitors and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2024, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2012 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for sustainable development.
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The UNCTAD's Investment Policy Monitor database include official measures affecting FDI adopted by United Nations Member States. These encompass measures explicitly targeting FDI (FDI-specific), as well as general investment measures with a clear impact on foreign investment (FDI-related). The measures are either reported directly to UNCTAD by Member States through annual surveys or identified by UNCTAD researchers through publicly accessible sources (such as government websites and specialized policy databases). The classification of measures as more or less favourable is based solely on their potential impact on investors.
Note: Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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Korea, Republic of
Korea opened the "Startup Campus" as its largest startup incubation center in the country
22 Mar 2016On 22 March 2016, the Korean government opened its largest startup complex in Pangyo, a city located just south of Seoul, to boost promising local startups and attract foreign companies. This complex will provide support to people who want to start a business during all business startup procedures, ranging from launching and growing a business, through to penetrating overseas markets. Many startup support institutions will be available to offer help, including the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) and the Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion (IITP). The complex will also have foreign startup accelerators such as Israel’s Yozma Campus and Germany’s SAP AppHaus.
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Type:
- Promotion and facilitation (Investment facilitation )
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- Korea.net, A cradle of the creative economy will be formed: President, http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Policies/view?articleId=134195, 22 Mar 2016
- Korea Joongang Daily, Pangyo ‘start-up campus’ opens, http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3016544, 23 Mar 2016
- Yonhap News Agency, S. Korea launches 'startup campus' in Pangyo, http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2016/03/22/99/0301000000AEN20160322002353320F.html, 22 Mar 2016
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the Investment Policy Monitors and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2024, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2012 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for sustainable development.
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The UNCTAD's Investment Policy Monitor database include official measures affecting FDI adopted by United Nations Member States. These encompass measures explicitly targeting FDI (FDI-specific), as well as general investment measures with a clear impact on foreign investment (FDI-related). The measures are either reported directly to UNCTAD by Member States through annual surveys or identified by UNCTAD researchers through publicly accessible sources (such as government websites and specialized policy databases). The classification of measures as more or less favourable is based solely on their potential impact on investors.
Note: Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.