Political Risk : The Missing Link in Understanding Investment Climate Reform?

Political risk has once again become a key concern of investors after the perceived openness and liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) regimes in the 1990s. Governments that do not recognize this trend pay a high price in lost investmen...

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Main Authors:	Dreyhaupt, Stephan, Nimac, Ivan, Hornberger, Kusi
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARBITRATION ASSETS BARGAINING POWER BARRIERS TO ENTRY BASIS POINTS BREACH OF CONTRACT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT RANKINGS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS TAX CHECKS CODES OF CONDUCT COMMERCIAL DISPUTES COMMITMENT DEVICES COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPLIANCE COST CORPORATE INVESTMENTS CORPORATE INVESTORS CORRUPTION COUNTRY RISK CREDIBILITY CREDIT AGENCIES CURRENCY CURRENCY TRANSFER CURRENCY TRANSFERS DEBT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRETIONARY POWER DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS DUE DILIGENCE ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKETS ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ENTRY POINT EXISTING LAWS EXPORT CREDIT EXPROPRIATION EXPROPRIATIONS FACE VALUE FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FIRM GROWTH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FRAUD GLOBAL BUSINESS GLOBAL BUSINESSES GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HOME COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRIES HOST GOVERNMENT HOST GOVERNMENTS INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE INDUSTRY INSURERS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORM INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT INSURANCE INVESTMENT POLICY INVESTMENT PROMOTION INVESTMENT REGIMES INVESTMENT REGULATION INVESTOR CONFIDENCE INVESTOR INTERESTS INVESTOR PERCEPTIONS INVESTOR PROTECTION JOB CREATION JUDICIARY LAND OWNERSHIP LEGAL RECOURSE LENDERS LIBERALIZATION MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MARKET SIZE MONETARY VALUE MONEY LAUNDERING MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTORS PAYOFF POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE POLITICAL RISKS POTENTIAL INVESTMENT POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RENEWABLE ENERGY REPATRIATION REPUTATION REPUTATIONS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGERS RISK MITIGATION RISK PREMIUM RISK PREMIUMS RISK PROFILE SMALL BUSINESS SOVEREIGN RISK STARTUP TAX TAX REVENUE TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TREATIES
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spelling	okr-10986-104162021-04-23T14:02:50Z Political Risk : The Missing Link in Understanding Investment Climate Reform? Dreyhaupt, Stephan Nimac, Ivan Hornberger, Kusi ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARBITRATION ASSETS BARGAINING POWER BARRIERS TO ENTRY BASIS POINTS BREACH OF CONTRACT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT RANKINGS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS TAX CHECKS CODES OF CONDUCT COMMERCIAL DISPUTES COMMITMENT DEVICES COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPLIANCE COST CORPORATE INVESTMENTS CORPORATE INVESTORS CORRUPTION COUNTRY RISK CREDIBILITY CREDIT AGENCIES CURRENCY CURRENCY TRANSFER CURRENCY TRANSFERS DEBT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRETIONARY POWER DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS DUE DILIGENCE ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKETS ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ENTRY POINT EXISTING LAWS EXPORT CREDIT EXPROPRIATION EXPROPRIATIONS FACE VALUE FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FIRM GROWTH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FRAUD GLOBAL BUSINESS GLOBAL BUSINESSES GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HOME COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRIES HOST GOVERNMENT HOST GOVERNMENTS INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE INDUSTRY INSURERS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORM INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT INSURANCE INVESTMENT POLICY INVESTMENT PROMOTION INVESTMENT REGIMES INVESTMENT REGULATION INVESTOR CONFIDENCE INVESTOR INTERESTS INVESTOR PERCEPTIONS INVESTOR PROTECTION JOB CREATION JUDICIARY LAND OWNERSHIP LEGAL RECOURSE LENDERS LIBERALIZATION MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MARKET SIZE MONETARY VALUE MONEY LAUNDERING MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTORS PAYOFF POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE POLITICAL RISKS POTENTIAL INVESTMENT POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RENEWABLE ENERGY REPATRIATION REPUTATION REPUTATIONS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGERS RISK MITIGATION RISK PREMIUM RISK PREMIUMS RISK PROFILE SMALL BUSINESS SOVEREIGN RISK STARTUP TAX TAX REVENUE TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TREATIES Political risk has once again become a key concern of investors after the perceived openness and liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) regimes in the 1990s. Governments that do not recognize this trend pay a high price in lost investments. Confronting political and regulatory risks as part of the investment climate is thus crucial for countries to make their business environments more competitive. This note suggests reforms that can have immediate impacts: addressing ex ante and ex post issues in the legal and regulatory framework to protect investors, mitigating risks at the sector level, managing reputational and integrity risks at the project level, and using financial instruments to ease short-term impediments in the investment climate. 2012-08-13T11:23:57Z 2012-08-13T11:23:57Z 2012-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/16240760/political-risk-missing-link-understanding-investment-climate-reform http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10416 English Investment Climate in Practice; No. 20 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARBITRATION ASSETS BARGAINING POWER BARRIERS TO ENTRY BASIS POINTS BREACH OF CONTRACT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT RANKINGS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS TAX CHECKS CODES OF CONDUCT COMMERCIAL DISPUTES COMMITMENT DEVICES COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPLIANCE COST CORPORATE INVESTMENTS CORPORATE INVESTORS CORRUPTION COUNTRY RISK CREDIBILITY CREDIT AGENCIES CURRENCY CURRENCY TRANSFER CURRENCY TRANSFERS DEBT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRETIONARY POWER DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS DUE DILIGENCE ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKETS ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ENTRY POINT EXISTING LAWS EXPORT CREDIT EXPROPRIATION EXPROPRIATIONS FACE VALUE FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FIRM GROWTH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FRAUD GLOBAL BUSINESS GLOBAL BUSINESSES GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HOME COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRIES HOST GOVERNMENT HOST GOVERNMENTS INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE INDUSTRY INSURERS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORM INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT INSURANCE INVESTMENT POLICY INVESTMENT PROMOTION INVESTMENT REGIMES INVESTMENT REGULATION INVESTOR CONFIDENCE INVESTOR INTERESTS INVESTOR PERCEPTIONS INVESTOR PROTECTION JOB CREATION JUDICIARY LAND OWNERSHIP LEGAL RECOURSE LENDERS LIBERALIZATION MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MARKET SIZE MONETARY VALUE MONEY LAUNDERING MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTORS PAYOFF POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE POLITICAL RISKS POTENTIAL INVESTMENT POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RENEWABLE ENERGY REPATRIATION REPUTATION REPUTATIONS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGERS RISK MITIGATION RISK PREMIUM RISK PREMIUMS RISK PROFILE SMALL BUSINESS SOVEREIGN RISK STARTUP TAX TAX REVENUE TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TREATIES
spellingShingle	ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARBITRATION ASSETS BARGAINING POWER BARRIERS TO ENTRY BASIS POINTS BREACH OF CONTRACT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT RANKINGS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS TAX CHECKS CODES OF CONDUCT COMMERCIAL DISPUTES COMMITMENT DEVICES COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPLIANCE COST CORPORATE INVESTMENTS CORPORATE INVESTORS CORRUPTION COUNTRY RISK CREDIBILITY CREDIT AGENCIES CURRENCY CURRENCY TRANSFER CURRENCY TRANSFERS DEBT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRETIONARY POWER DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS DUE DILIGENCE ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKETS ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ENTRY POINT EXISTING LAWS EXPORT CREDIT EXPROPRIATION EXPROPRIATIONS FACE VALUE FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FIRM GROWTH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FRAUD GLOBAL BUSINESS GLOBAL BUSINESSES GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL TRADE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HOME COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRIES HOST GOVERNMENT HOST GOVERNMENTS INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE INDUSTRY INSURERS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORM INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT INSURANCE INVESTMENT POLICY INVESTMENT PROMOTION INVESTMENT REGIMES INVESTMENT REGULATION INVESTOR CONFIDENCE INVESTOR INTERESTS INVESTOR PERCEPTIONS INVESTOR PROTECTION JOB CREATION JUDICIARY LAND OWNERSHIP LEGAL RECOURSE LENDERS LIBERALIZATION MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MARKET SIZE MONETARY VALUE MONEY LAUNDERING MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTORS PAYOFF POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE POLITICAL RISKS POTENTIAL INVESTMENT POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RENEWABLE ENERGY REPATRIATION REPUTATION REPUTATIONS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGERS RISK MITIGATION RISK PREMIUM RISK PREMIUMS RISK PROFILE SMALL BUSINESS SOVEREIGN RISK STARTUP TAX TAX REVENUE TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TREATIES Dreyhaupt, Stephan Nimac, Ivan Hornberger, Kusi Political Risk : The Missing Link in Understanding Investment Climate Reform?
relation	Investment Climate in Practice; No. 20
description	Political risk has once again become a key concern of investors after the perceived openness and liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) regimes in the 1990s. Governments that do not recognize this trend pay a high price in lost investments. Confronting political and regulatory risks as part of the investment climate is thus crucial for countries to make their business environments more competitive. This note suggests reforms that can have immediate impacts: addressing ex ante and ex post issues in the legal and regulatory framework to protect investors, mitigating risks at the sector level, managing reputational and integrity risks at the project level, and using financial instruments to ease short-term impediments in the investment climate.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Dreyhaupt, Stephan Nimac, Ivan Hornberger, Kusi
author_facet	Dreyhaupt, Stephan Nimac, Ivan Hornberger, Kusi
author_sort	Dreyhaupt, Stephan
title	Political Risk : The Missing Link in Understanding Investment Climate Reform?
title_short	Political Risk : The Missing Link in Understanding Investment Climate Reform?
title_full	Political Risk : The Missing Link in Understanding Investment Climate Reform?
title_fullStr	Political Risk : The Missing Link in Understanding Investment Climate Reform?
title_full_unstemmed	Political Risk : The Missing Link in Understanding Investment Climate Reform?
title_sort	political risk : the missing link in understanding investment climate reform?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/16240760/political-risk-missing-link-understanding-investment-climate-reform http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10416
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