Date Published:
May 29, 2018
Category:
Policy Notes
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PN 2018-05

This Policy Note revisits the policy objective of the Foreign Investment Act (FIA) and the implementation of the foreign investment negative list (FINL) as a transparency tool in the Philippines. Among others, it finds that foreign investment is restrained by policy design limitations in the FIA itself. It also reveals that the current FINL does not take into account regulatory measures that have cross-cutting implications on all sectors and activities, such as limitations on the citizenship of the board of directors and economic needs test on employment of foreign nationals. With this, the study urges the Philippine government to consider enhancing its transparency for investment by improving the information content of FINL. Specifically, it encourages the executive department to call upon its departments and agencies to come up with a transparency list to supplement and address the deficiencies of the FINL.

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This publication has been cited 3 times

In the Media
  1. Gatpolintan, Leslie. 2018. Expert urges enhanced transparency in investments. Philippine News Agency.
  2. Malaya Business Insight. 2018. Transparency sought on investment list. Malaya Business Insight.
  3. Tubayan, Elijah Joseph. 2018. To guide foreign investors: PIDS cites need for broader transparency in investment negative list. BusinessMirror.


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