This paper provides an overview of developments in optical fibre communication technology and investment. It finds that …

mobilising private investment is imperative for promoting the broad-based and sustained growth that will help drive poverty … reduction. In today’s global economy, private investment is both domestic and foreign and takes many forms, from physical assets …

Mobilising private investment is recognised as a priority area for development so that poor countries are not left … further behind. But reaping the maximum benefits of investment is not automatic. Policies matter too. A key challenge …, therefore, is how to frame investment policies in a way that supports and reinforces economic development. In this respect, OECD …

This report describes the complex and changing interrelationship between trade, domestic investment and foreign direct … investment (FDI) and provides examples of good practices in trade policymaking that create a healthy investment climate in … and home countries. After describing a typical investment project and its participants, the study identifies issues and …