On October 28, 2022, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an online brainstorming session to discuss investment facilitation for development (IFD). Sherry Stephenson, FMG member and Services Convenor for the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) of the WTO moderated this session.
Sofia Boza Martinez, co- coordinator of the Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development and Chile’s Ambassador to WTO; Axel Berger, Deputy Director (interim) at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS); and Karl P. Sauvant, Resident Senior Fellow at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) shared their insights on negotiating and implementing investment facilitation measures for development. Hamid Mamdouh, FMG member and Former Director of Trade in Services and Investment Division of the WTO shared his comments as discussant. Then, the speakers answered the questions from the participants.
More than 30 participants joined the brainstorming, including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, Directors of WTO divisions, representatives from related international organizations, and experts from renowned think tanks and universities etc.
Recording of this session can be watched via: https://youtu.be/il7aYAi8d9U
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15:00-15:02 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
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15:02-15:05 |
Introduction Speaker: Sherry Stephenson (FMG) |
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15:05-15:51 |
Presentations Moderator: Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
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15:05- 15:17 |
Speaker: Sofia Boza Martinez (Chile) |
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15:17- 15:29 |
Speaker: Axel Berger (German Development Institute) |
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15:29-15:41 |
Speaker: Karl Sauvant (Columbia University) |
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15:41-15:51 |
Discussant: Hamid Mamdouh (FMG) |
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15:51- 16:30 |
Discussions Moderator: Sherry Stephenson (FMG) |
Annex 1: Program
Annex 2: List of confirmed participants
1.FMG/FFMG
Axel Addy (FMG)
Mercedes Araoz (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Richard Baldwin (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Hector Torres (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FFMG)
2.WTO Missions
Cabo Verde: Clara Manuela da Luz DELGADO JESUS, Ambassador
Djibouti: Kadra AHMED HASSAN, Ambassador
Tajikistan: Jamshed KHAMIDOV, Ambassador
New Zealand: Alison HAMILTON, DPR
Zimbabwe: Constance ZHANJE, Minister Plenipotentiary
Burundi: Jean Bosco NDINDURUVUGO, Prime Counsellor
Spain: Antonio DEL PINO RODRIGUEZ, Counsellor
Burundi: Jean Bosco NDINDURUVUGO, Counsellor
Argentina: Catalina Maciel, Secretary
Hong Kong, China: Wing Sum LEUNG, Assistant Representative
3.WTO Secretariat
Werner Zdouc, Director, Knowledge and Information Management, Academic Outreach and WTO Chairs Programme
Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor for Research on Legal Policy, Economic Research and Statistics Division
Maria Pereyra, Senior Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, WTO
Kuiten Bernard, Senior Counsellor on External Relations, WTO
4.International Organizations
Quan Zhao, ITC
5.Think Thanks
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, ECIPE
Alice Tipping, IISD
Peter Van den Bossche, WTI
6.Universities
Henry Gao, Singapore Management University
Ronald Saborio, Lead University
Annex 3: Some of the studies and reports on investment facilitation can be found via the links below:
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3830031
- https://artnet.unescap.org/ofdi/
- https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Outward_FDI_Insight_Report_2022.pdf%
- https://www.idos-research.de/discussion-paper/article/quantifying-investment-facilitation-at-country-level-introducing-a-new-index/
- https://www.card.iastate.edu/products/publications/pdf/21wp615.pdf
- https://intracen.org/our-work/projects/investment-facilitation-for-development, including also publications and policy briefs on legal and technical issues related to the IFD negotiations
- https://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/outward-foreign-direct-investment-new-channel-development
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