This study records and evaluates the development so far of an enabling environment for FDI in China and suggests policy options designed to improve it further.

In reviewing developments since 2003, the this review evaluates the progress made in developing an effective institutional framework for cross-border M&A in China, takes stock of remaining obstacles, and offers policy options to address them.

Reviews Chinese government efforts to encourage responsible business conduct against the backdrop of recent regulatory changes and China's increasing outward investment.

Despite a wealth of investment opportunities, the Russian Federation has attracted relatively little foreign direct investment (FDI) and has experienced large-scale capital flight. This phenomenon results from sectoral restrictions on foreign ...

China has become one of the world's leading destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI), following the Chinese government's economic reforms and decision to open up foreign trade and investment opportunities. FDI has been a key factor in promoting rapid economic growth and technological progress, although there remains substantial potential for a greater inflow of long-term, high-technology, high-value-added FDI from OECD countries. This study reviews developments and suggests policy options designed to improve FDI inflows further. This will require structural reform aspects, including greater legal transparency and streamlined investment approval procedures, good corporate governance, effective competition policy and a sound financial system.

Georgia’s reform trajectory has been nothing short of remarkable. In less than two decades, successive structural, regulatory and economic reforms have propelled Georgia from one of the poorest post-Soviet states to an upper-middle income economy.