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Investing Across Borders 2010

Investing Across Borders 2010 provides selected indicators of foreign direct investment regulation in 87 economies. The following are some of its findings:

Almost 90% of economies limit foreign companies’ ability to participate in some sectors of their economies.
A fifth of the economies surveyed require foreign companies to go through a foreign investment approval process before proceeding with investments in light manufacturing.
Red tape and poor implementation of laws create further barriers to FDI.It can take anywhere from a week to half a year to establish a subsidiary of a foreign company.
Nearly 10% of the economies do not have special statutes for commercial arbitration.

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