The World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the World Free Zone Convention are partners in promoting MIGA’s online investment information services. The two organizations bring you the ability to reach potential investors through these online services, which are among the most frequently used sites focused on foreign direct investment and investment promotion in developing countries.

Investment Promotion Network (IPAnet) - MIGA’s portal site for international corporate investors providing information and analysis on the investment environment and business opportunities in emerging markets worldwide.

FDI Xchange - A free, e-mail based update service delivering new investment opportunities, market research and business environment analysis through personalized alerts tailored to match the user’s country, topic and sectoral interests.

MIGA is a pioneer in developing Internet-based information services for international investors and assisting organizations working to attract investment, such as free zones, in effectively utilizing the Internet in their own investment promotion and research efforts. MIGA's online services provide timely, essential data and analysis to site location specialists as well as multinational investors seeking to establish business operations outside their home market. The more than 50,000 investors and their advisors who visit MIGA’s sites monthly comprise an important audience to reach for any organization competing for international investment.

Become a Content Provider to MIGA's Online Services

If you are a free zone operator searching for a way to expand your marketing reach and maximize your efforts to promote your location as a destination for foreign direct investment, a content partnership with MIGA is very cost-effective. A MIGA content partnership directly links your organization with investors interested in particular countries or geographic region.

Information ordinarily posted on your organization's Web site, published in brochures or newsletters or even listed in online a project databank can be 'pushed' to interested investors' desktops via the FDI Xchange services. Since our users have specifically requested information on particular countries and sectors, your information is targeted to reach segments of pre-qualified prospects - at virtually no additional cost and with a minimum of set-up and maintenance. When users are interested in following up about a particular FDI Xchange posting, they can send an inquiry directly via a link in the FDI Xchange e-mail alert.

In addition, all items disseminated via FDI Xchange are automatically catalogued in the IPAnet database, so researchers, lawyers and analysts browsing or searching MIGA’s database of 13,000 resources also have access to content partner documents.

MIGA already boasts a strong network of partners, and is continuing to develop additional partnership with qualified organizations. There is little cost to partnership. The only requirements are that your organization is in a developing country, has an operational web site with documents relevant to investors, concludes a partnership agreement, and appoints a liaison person and receive training on the secure, web-based FDI Xchange content provider interface.

If you are interested in exploring a content partnership, contact Courtney Roberts at:
E-mail: croberts@worldbank.org
Phone: 202-458-2924
or complete the content partner application form.