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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Botswana
Merges investment promotion-related institutions into a single agency
06 Feb 2023On February 6th, 2023, the Minister of Finance presented the Budget Statement for 2023-24, which included several significant changes. These changes are as follows:
- The merger of four State-owned enterprises, namely the Botswana Investment Trade Centre (the country's investment promotion agency), the Special Economic Zone Authority, the Botswana Tourism Organisation, and the Selibe-Phikwe Economic Diversification Unit, into a single investment promotion agency.
- Companies licensed by the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) are now eligible to apply for tax relief certificates, which will entitle them to a 5% corporate tax rate for ten years, and 10% thereafter.
- The Transfer Duty (Amendment) Act of 2022 now exempts SEZ license holders from paying transfer duty when acquiring immovable property for business purposes in Special Economic Zones.
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Type:
- Promotion and facilitation (Investment facilitation , Investment incentives)
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- Government Portal, Botswana: 2023 Budget Speech, 06 February 2023, https://www.finance.gov.bw/images/speeches/Minister/2023BudgetSpeechDocs/2023_Budget_Speech_06_February_2023.pdf, 06 Feb 2023
- Lexology, BOTSWANA: 2023-24 Budget Statement presented, https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=31f9877c-03dc-4b6f-a2ff-3e3441b19827, 04 Apr 2023
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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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