Oxfam cautions against incentives in attracting FDI

The competitions of developing countries’ governments to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) through provision of excessive incentives and failing to properly regulate the activities of private investments is making their people remain in poverty, Oxfam International chief said.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Nov

Do more research on tax incentives and fdi

The division among experts on the reason for dwindling Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in the mining sector and its impact on the export industry is disturbing. It is not surprising, though. It is clear testimony that experts think and act in line with their beliefs, traditions and values.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Oct

TZ ranking up in attracting businesses

Tanzania has improved 14 places in the World Bank’s ease of doing business, becom ing the second most attractive in the region after Rwanda.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Jul

Promises viewed as vote-attracting baits

>‘If wishes were horses, beggars would ride’. The proverb befits the current Tanzania political scene. It has been weeks of promises by those who seek to succeed President Jakaya Kikwete.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Sep

Tourism gets $100m FDI boost from US

Tanzania has secured a $100 million (about Sh220 billion on the prevailing exchange rate) worth of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) from an American investor, the government’s investment agency announced yesterday.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

18 May

FDI in sub-Saharan Africa on rise

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) in sub-Saharan Africa is on the rise, with the continent’s share of global FDI projects at its highest level in a decade, and sharply improved perceptions making it the second-most attractive investment destination in the world, according to Ernst & Young’s 2014 Africa Attractiveness Survey.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Jun

Kenya faulted for FDI drop

Nairobi, Sunday. Foreign direct investment in the East African region dropped last year due to insecurity in Kenya and uncertainty over the South Sudan political crisis, a new report says.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Mar

Kinana attracting big attention as probable kingmaker

Dar es Salaam. Who is Abdulraham Omari Kinana? How influential is he in CCM’s politics? Is he really the kingmaker that he is thought to be? How would he pull off the next General Election for CCM?

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Feb

Tanzania: the biggest FDI recipient in region!

Over the years, we’ve regularly been informed by various institutional sources in govt and the private sector that the investment climate in a given country is ‘favourable’ – and, as such, perforce pulls in prospective investors the way flies are attracted to a honey pot!

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Sep

China’s FDI drops again, sinks to $7.20bn

China’s outbound investment more than doubled in August to $12.62 billion, data showed Tuesday, far outstripping foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, which fell to a four-year low.

 

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