tailieunhanh - world bank the effectiveness of promotion agencies at attracting foreign direct investment phần 2

Dịch vụ Tư vấn Đầu tư nước ngoài đã hỗ trợ hơn 100 quốc gia trên toàn thế giới trong nỗ lực của họ để thu hút nhiều hơn và tốt hơn đầu tư trực tiếp nước ngoài. Một mối quan hệ chặt chẽ với các cơ quan xúc tiến đầu tư đã được phát triển như là một phần của nỗ lực này. | Preface Since 1985 the Foreign Investment Advisory Service has assisted more than 100 countries around the world in their efforts to attract more and better foreign direct investment. A close relationship with investment promotion agencies has been developed as part of this effort. This study aims at providing some guidance to policymakers and managers of these agencies that are interested in understanding the conditions both external and internal to these agencies that may make them more effective in influencing the location decision of multinational firms. We are especially grateful to Professor Louis Wells from the Harvard Business School who was essential at various stages of this project. Professor Wells has not only contributed to our knowledge of the role of promotion agencies around the world but he has also provided us with continuous encouragement. We also benefited from the comments of Joseph Battat Frank Sader Neil Roger Joel Bergsman Dale Weigel David Bridgman Simeon Djankov Teresa Andaya and participants at the Annual Conference of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies WAIPA in Geneva on January 22-23 2003. Anne Miroux and Alejandro Alvarez contributed to the realization of the survey of about 100 investment promotion agen- xiii xiv Preface cies conducted by the Foreign Investment Advisory Service FIAS between February and May 2002. We thank all the individual agencies that responded to our numerous questions as well as the Investment Marketing Services unit of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency MIGA and WAIPA that have supported this project since its beginning. Finally Nicole Smith provided technical assistance for the database and the statistical analysis. Overview Mr. Smith general manager of a . firm became interested in investing in West Africa. His interest arose from a series of advertisements in the Financial Times and from several websites praising the advantages of these countries such as Ivory Coast The Best .