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According to the Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation, FDI in 18 Arab countries dropped 15.1 percent to about US$81 billion in 2009 from US$95 billion in 2008... FDI in the Republic of Korea declined by 6.7 percent to US$4.33 billion in the first half of this year... Indonesia has published new foreign investment regulations.

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Editor's Choice
Investing Across Borders 2010
Investing Across Borders 2010, a new report by the World Bank, provides selected indicators of foreign direct investment regulation in 87 economies. The report finds that overly restrictive and obsolete laws are an impediment to foreign direct investment and their poor implementation creates additional costs to investors. For example, in Angola and Haiti excessive red tape means it can take half a year to establish a foreign affiliate, while in Canada, Georgia and Rwanda it takes less than a week.

Highlights

Investment opportunities

Cameroon: Investment opportunities in infrastructure.

Turkey: New privatization tenders.

Nigeria: Investment opportunity in ICT.

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Business, legal and market intelligence

International Cocoa Agreement 2010: full text of the agreement.

World Trade Report 2010: published by the World Trade Organization.

OECD-UNCTAD Report on G20 Trade and Investment Measures (June 2010): latest update, published by OECD and UNCTAD.

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Events

The Internet Show Africa 2010 - Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2-3, 2010

Water Investment World Africa - Johannesburg, South Africa, November 8-11, 2010

North Africa Rail 2010 - Morocco, November 22-24, 2010

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