project progress report

IFD Project , Seventh Quarterly Progress Report, (July-September 2003)

CUTS Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation (CUTS-CCIER) is conducting a two-year research project entitled ‘Investment for Development (IFD)’. This project, launched in September 2001, is being conducted in collaboration with UNCTAD and is supported by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom. The project envisages increasing awareness and capacity building on investment regimes and international investment issues in selected developing and transition economies. Seven countries-Bangladesh, Brazil, Hungary, India, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia- have been selected for the purpose of this study. 

Since the project is nearing completion, this is the last quarterly progress report of the Investment for Development project. The detailed final report, however, will be submitted after the final meeting of the project in January 2004. 

Reports
Synthesis Reports
The following Synthesis Reports are under finalisation.
Merged Synthesis Report A & B
LEM Report (Least Emerging Markets: India, South Africa and Brazil)
LDC Report (Least Developed Countries: Bangladesh, Tanzania and Zambia) 

Merged Reports (Investment Policy, Performance and Perceptions Report)
Brazil Merged Report is ready to print. All the other reports are at various stages of finalisation. 

Report C (Advocacy Document)
Report C contains summaries of discussions in the NRG meetings and policy recommendations for the country. Revised Report Cs have been received from all the country partners and are under various stages of finalisation. 

Report D
It is to be prepared by all the partners that would be a summary of outreach/dissemination activities conducted and will cover an assessment of their impact including reports on regional and international meetings attended by partners. Draft Report Ds have been received from Brazil, India and Tanzania. 

Publications
The following have been published under the project during the quarter.

Monograph
1.Home Country Measures and FDI
2.FDI as a Source of Finance for Development 

Briefing Paper
1.Investment Policies that Really Attract FDI
2.How is FDI Related to Economic Development
3.Public Private Partnerships in the Essential Services Sector
4.Investor to State Dispute Settlement

Activities in the Next Quarter
Since the project is nearing completion all the documents need to be put together.

•  Publishing of all the Merged Reports, Synthesis Reports and Report Cs

•  To prepare the Project Process Report

•  Finalisation of CUTS Advocacy Document

To publish the following papers which are under various stages of finalisation:

•          Ensuring Corporate Social Responsibility- What is the World Thinking?

•          FDI and Trade

•          FDI and Privitasation

•          FDI in Silicon Chips or Potato Chips

•          GATS FAQs

•          Competition for Investment