This think piece provides an overview of the practical services provided by investment promotion authorities (IPAs) to foreign investors, for the purpose of facilitating foreign investment inflows into the host state. Further to detailing different types of support measures, the paper highlights the frequent challenges faced by IPAs when implementing these services, and advances the use of select policy measures to counter these challenges and thereby increase the effectiveness of investment facilitation measures.
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