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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United States of America
Expands sanctions on Nicaragua, targeting the gold sector.
24 Oct 2022On 24 October 2022, the President of the United States signed Executive Order 14088, “Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Nicaragua”, amending E.O. 13851.
The new executive order substantially expands the Nicaragua sanctions program and specifically targets the gold sector but also any other sector "identified at a later date". In that regard, it prohibits new US investment in these identified sectors in Nicaragua, the import of certain Nicaraguan products into the US or the export from the US or by a US person of certain goods to Nicaragua.
The new executive order aims "to demonstrate our commitment to the Nicaraguan people by expanding the tools to hold the Ortega-Murillo regime accountable for its escalating human rights violations, continued dismantling of democratic institutions, attacks on civil society, and increasing security cooperation with Russia." (The White house).
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Other)
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Industry:
- Primary (Mining and quarrying)
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Sources:
- Home.treasury.gov, Executive Order 14088 of October 24, 2022 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Nicaragua, https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/14088.pdf, 26 Oct 2022
- The White house, FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Expands Efforts to Hold Nicaraguan Government Accountable, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/24/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-expands-efforts-to-hold-nicaraguan-government-accountable/, 24 Oct 2022
- Mondaq, United States: US Government Imposes New Sanctions And Visa Restrictions On Nicaragua, https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/export-controls-trade-investment-sanctions/1248856/us-government-imposes-new-sanctions-and-visa-restrictions-on-nicaragua?email_access=on, 09 Nov 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.