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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Bahrain
Online Commercial Registration Portal(SIJILAT)
05 May 2016In May 2016, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Tourism launched the Commercial Registration Portal (SIJILAT), an advanced electronic system for the registration and licensing of commercial establishments in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and full connectivity with all electronic systems of the relevant government entities. The Commercial Registration Portal provides the following services: 1. Provision of all the data related to the commercial registrars, which are the activities of the company, the names of the owners, company status, date of registration, company type, address, authorized personnel and all of these information are updated automatically. 2. Provision of all the registration transactions such as activity management, branch management, deletion of a commercial record without a license, transfer of ownership, etc. 3. The official gazette which provides all the data and transactions that have been processed on the commercial registrars. 4. The Live Chat feature, which allows the investor to chat directly with the customer service center to follow up with on all inquiries. 5. Commercial registration search. 6. Commercial activities search.
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Type:
- Promotion and facilitation (Investment facilitation )
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Sources:
- Court of the Crown Prince, HRH Crown Prince launches initiative to make Bahrain the fastest place in the Gulf to start a business, http://crownprince.bh/en/media-centre/news/3916/2016/5/5/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88-%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%89-%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9--, 05 May 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.
-
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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