Innovations in Foreign Direct Investment Attraction

2.  GOOD PRACTICES IN INVESTMENT PROMOTION

The following sections provide good practice scorecards for organizational strategy, 

inquiry handling, investment facilitation, incentives, aftercare, and monitoring and 

evaluation activities of an investment promotion agency.

2.1 

ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY

The organizational structure and strategy for attracting FDI are fundamental to suc-

cess. The scorecard below emphasizes that there should be a clear institutional struc-

ture for attracting FDI with high levels of coordination and government commit-

ment. The FDI strategy should be clear, coherent and focused, as well as flexible to 

adapt to fast-changing global markets.