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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- Ethiopia - Advisory Council on Privatization of State-owned Companies Established
Ethiopia
Advisory Council on Privatization of State-owned Companies Established
03 Aug 2018The Prime Minister of Ethiopia has set up in August 2018 an Advisory Council, which oversees the process of privatizing large state-owned enterprises. The establishment of the Council aims to implement the decision of the Executive Committee of the ruling party, EPRDF in June 2018 to open major state-owned enterprises for private and foreign investors. The decision includes to partially or fully transferring the shares of companies such as railways, industrial parks, hotels, sugar and manufacturing industries. The Committee also decided to sell minority shareholdings in some other state companies, including Ethiopian Airlines, Ethio Telecom (the only telecommunication service provider in the country), as well as the Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprise.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Ownership and control)
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- Ethiopian News Agency, Advisory Council on Privatization of State-owned Companies Established, https://www.ena.et/en/2018/08/04/advisory-council-on-privatization-of-state-owned-companies-established/, 04 Aug 2018
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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.
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