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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Philippines
Allows foreign higher education institutions to establish branches
28 Aug 2019On 28 August 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the “Transnational Higher Education Act” or Republic Act No. 11448 that allows foreign higher education institutions to set up facilities in the country for the first time. A foreign higher education institution may incorporate a Philippine company to operate its branch with a 60 per cent share of its voting stocks for Filipino citizens as long as it has the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Foreign citizens may constitute up to 80 percent of the faculty and academic personnel and up to 40 percent of the administrative personnel and staff members in any of the local branches. However, foreign students may not comprise more than one-third of enrollment.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Ownership and control)
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Industry:
- Services (Education)
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Sources:
- Philippine News Agency, Duterte signs Transnational Higher Education Act into law, https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1081474, 25 Sep 2019
- Carpo Law & Associates, Duterte Signed Transnational Higher Education Act Into Law in the Philippines, https://carpolaw.com/duterte-signs-transnational-higher-education-act-philippines/, 04 Oct 2019
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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.