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 quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 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 growth and development.
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Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. 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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Australia's Budget 2017-18 unveils several changes to foreign investors
09 May 2017Effective 9 May 2017, Australia introduced an "annual charge on foreign owners of under-utilised residential property”. Foreign owners of residential property will be required to pay an annual charge - the amount of which is equivalent to the relevant foreign investment application fee imposed on the property at the time it was acquired by the foreign investor - if the residential property is not occupied or genuinely available on the rental market for at least six months per year.
Also as of 9 May 2017, Australia prohibits property developers to sell more than 50 per cent of new residential housing developments to foreigners.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Access to land)
- Treatment and operation (Operational conditions )
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Industry:
- Services (Real estate activities)
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Sources:
- Department of Finance, Budget 2017-2018, Budget Measures – Budget Paper No. 2 2017-2018, http://www.budget.gov.au/2017-18/content/bp2/download/bp2.pdf, 09 May 2017
- Australian Government Department of Treasury, Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability, http://www.budget.gov.au/2017-18/content/glossies/factsheets/html/HA_110.htm, 09 May 2017
- Australian Government Foreign Investment Review Board, Budget 2017 changes, http://firb.gov.au/2017/05/3333/, 09 May 2017
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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 quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 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 growth and development.
-
Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. 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.