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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Sri Lanka
Introduces new Ministry of Technology and Investment Promotion to boost foreign investment
10 Jun 2022On 10 June 2022, the Government of Sri Lanka issued an Extraordinary Gazette notification which introduced a new Ministry of Technology and Investment Promotion. The role of the Ministry will be to promote foreign direct investment and private sector investment and its main functions include the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs and projects, in the areas of technology and investment promotion.
The Ministry includes the Department of Registration of Persons, the Department of Immigration and Emigration, Sri Lanka Telecom and its subsidiaries as well as 15 institutions including the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Standards Institute.
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Type:
- Promotion and facilitation (Investment facilitation )
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- The Government of Sri Lanka, The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka EXTRAORDINARY, http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2022/6/2283-34_E.pdf, 10 Jun 2022
- republicworld, Sri Lanka Forms 2 New Ministries To Handle Economic Crisis After Basil Rajapaksa Resigns, https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/sri-lanka-forms-2-new-ministries-to-handle-economic-crisis-after-basil-rajapaksa-resigns-articleshow.html, 10 Jun 2022
- colombopage, Two new ministries gazetted, http://www.colombopage.com/archive_22A/Jun10_1654839708CH.php, 10 Jun 2022
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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.