Investment Policy Review: Sierra Leone

Investment

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

关键词: Investment Policy;   

RP-ID  :  UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/2009/14

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

【 摘 要 】

Sierra Leone has important investment opportunities and growth potential in various sectors of the economy. Since the end of the civil war in 2002, the Government has made significant progress towards achieving peace and stability through an ambitious reform programme with a view to benefiting from this untapped potential. In this context, attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) has become a central element of the national development strategy.

In spite of the progress achieved, the country continues however to bear the impact of the war, including in terms of weak economic performance, human capital shortages, deficient infrastructure network and poor image. Mindful of the fact that the experience of post-conflict countries shows that the hard-found peace is often fragile, concrete policies are required to generate employment and improve living conditions.

In this regard, the investment policy review (IPR) takes note of the open and favourable FDI regulatory regime and of the guarantee against expropriation. The review stresses however that the government policy should target the negotiations of a more comprehensive bilateral investment treaty and double taxation treaty network to boost the country´s FDI attractiveness.

At the request of the Government of Sierra Leone, the report outlines the elements of a strategy to stimulate investment while urging the international community to continue supporting the peace and economic reform processes in Sierra Leone. The overall proposed strategy in the IPR is anchored on six pillars:

• Tackling infrastructure deficiencies;

• Building human capital;

• Establishing a competitive and effective fiscal regime;

• Facilitating business and trade;

• Promoting and facilitating FDI;

• Targeting investment in selected sectors.

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UNCTAD assisted the Government by:

• Providing comments on the draft bilateral investment treaty model.

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