Karl P Sauvant

Aug 27, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Karl P Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant is Senior Fellow, CCSI, Columbia Law School, Columbia University, New York. The agreement focuses entirely on technical matters related to the implementation of a country’s foreign direct investment policy, in the interest of improving the investment climate and helping to attract more and better foreign direct investment. With an unemployment rate of 33% (and 46% for young individuals aged 15-34 years), South Africa needs jobs, jobs, jobs.

Aug 6, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Karl P Sauvant |Kati Suominen |Shiro Armstrong |Karl Gading Sayudha

In May 2024, Indonesia became the third Southeast Asian country to license Starlink operations, following the Philippines and Malaysia. In early June 2024, Indonesian Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia announced that Elon Musk’s Starlink had invested approximately IDR 30 billion (US$1.8 million) in Indonesia. No details have been provided on how the investment will be utilised, aside from it being an initial investment fund provided by the company when it began operations in the country.

Aug 1, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Karl P Sauvant |Tawanda Sachikonye |Kati Suominen |Rahul Jaybhay

At the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, 125 members—three-quarters of the WTO’s membership—cosponsored a request to integrate a new Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFDA) into the WTO’s rulebook. Of these sponsors, 89 were developing countries, including 27 least-developed countries. The IFDA is a plurilateral agreement and open to all WTO members but is binding only on its participants.

Apr 24, 2024 | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Karl P Sauvant

• Routine information host governments should make available to foreign investors. • Efficient and transparent handling of investment proposals and resulting projects, and the establishment of a focal point for investors. • Suggestions that host countries support investors by creating supplier databases and development programmes.

Feb 27, 2024 | delo.si | Karl P Sauvant

Vsaka država si želi privabiti neposredne tuje naložbe in za to ima dober razlog. Neposredne tuje naložbe omogočajo priliv kapitala, ustvarjajo delovna mesta, spodbujajo razvoj znanj in spretnosti ter olajšujejo prenos tehnologije, kar pospešuje gospodarsko rast in državam prejemnicam omogoča dostop do svetovnih trgov. Vendar je svetovna konkurenca za neposredne tuje naložbe huda.