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Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sector

By: Silvana Tordo,Michael Warner,Osmel Manzano,Yahya Anouti

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Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sector

By: Silvana Tordo,Michael Warner,Osmel Manzano,Yahya Anouti

A number of countries have recently discovered and are developing oil and gas reserves. Policy makers in such countries are anxious to obtain the greatest benefits for their economies from the extraction of these exhaustible resources by designing appropriate policies to achieve desired goals. One important theme of such policies is the so-called local content created by the sector—the extent to which the output of the extractive industry sector generates further benefits to the economy beyond the direct contribution of its value-added, through its links to other sectors. While local content policies have the potential to stimulate broad-based economic development, their application in petroleum-rich countries has achieved mixed results. This paper describes the policies and practices meant to foster the development of economic linkages from the petroleum sector, as adopted by a number of petroleum-producing countries both in and outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Examples of policy objectives, implementation tools, and reporting metrics are provided to derive lessons of wider applicability. The paper presents various conclusions for policy makers about the design of local content policies.

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Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic

By: Osmel Manzano,Sebastián Auguste,Laura Alfaro,Daniel Artana,Adolfo Taylhardat,Mario Cuevas,Luis Porto

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Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic

By: Osmel Manzano,Sebastián Auguste,Laura Alfaro,Daniel Artana,Adolfo Taylhardat,Mario Cuevas,Luis Porto

Promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a priority policy goal in Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic for the past twenty years. Fiscal benefits are among the policies that have been used to attract it. At first sight the model followed has been fruitful. In 2013 the eight countries of the region succeeded in attracting US$ 12.7 billion, the highest level of FDI in their history. But there are question marks about how FDI will perform in future and what the incentives to promote it should be now that World Trade Organization rules on the instruments used to promote FDI in the region have changed. The present book analyzes this situation in depth. Firstly, it reviews the importance of FDI in the region as a source of financing for the external deficit. Then it reviews the findings of international economic research on the impact of FDI on growth and the factors that attract it. It highlights that far from being assured, the benefits of FDI depend on complementary factors which are often not present in the region. Subsequently the book analyzes the international evolution of FDI and the growing importance of multinationals of Latin origin. It then tackles the controversial question of the efficacy of fiscal incentives as a means to attract investment, following an innovative technical approach based on firm level data which questions whether the free zones have had a net positive impact on development. This analysis is complemented by a study of investment promotion policies, which focuses particularly on the Investment Promotion Agencies. Finally, the book outlines the prospects for FDI attraction now the sun has set on strategies based on providing fiscal incentives. It argues that a new strategy should be based on the creation of new skills and capacities through instruments designed to complement productive development policies and thereby generate positive spillovers in the economy.

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Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sector

By: Silvana Tordo,Michael Warner,Osmel Manzano,Yahya Anouti

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By: Silvana Tordo,Michael Warner,Osmel Manzano,Yahya Anouti

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Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic

By: Osmel Manzano,Sebastián Auguste,Laura Alfaro,Daniel Artana,Adolfo Taylhardat,Mario Cuevas,Luis Porto

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Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic

By: Osmel Manzano,Sebastián Auguste,Laura Alfaro,Daniel Artana,Adolfo Taylhardat,Mario Cuevas,Luis Porto

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Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sector

Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sector

Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic

Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic

Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sector

Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sector

Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic

Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic

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