MIGA has consolidated its three online services (IPAnet, PrivatizationLink, and FDI Xchange) into a single online portal – the Foreign Direct Investment Network (FDI.net). IPAnet users benefit from an even larger database of investment opportunities, information on mitigating noncommercial risks and new personalization features through “My FDI.net”. IPAnet users will experience no interruption of service and user names, passwords and preferences all remain the same. Users continue to receive customized investment opportunities via email as well. Find out more about the new FDI.net site.
Established in 1995 as part of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA’s) mandate to enhance Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in developing regions, the Investment Promotion Network (IPAnet) is the leading international investment-specific portal Web site providing free access to online foreign investment and privatization resources.
IPAnet provides an extensive searchable database of over 12,000 Web-based documents which include research on economies and product markets, investment-related laws and treaties, as well as specific investment opportunities. This database of documents, catalogued by country, sector and topic, are obtained primarily from the World Bank Group, investment promotion agencies and privatization agencies. The IPAnet business directories comprise contact information for over 30,000 organizations and individuals involved in foreign investment. The online service also provides links to a large number of other investment highlights and particulars, including links to its subsidiary websites – PrivatizationLink and PrivatizationLink-Russia.
has approximately 19,000 registered users and receives approximately 50,000 visitors per month.
MIGA actively engages with other organizations, including investment promotion and privatization agencies, leading private sector and government-based information providers to source new data and perspectives on FDI in emerging regions.
MIGA has consolidated its three online services (IPAnet, PrivatizationLink, and FDI Xchange) into a single online portal – the Foreign Direct Investment Network (FDI.net). IPAnet users benefit from an even larger database of investment opportunities, information on mitigating noncommercial risks and new personalization features through “My FDI.net”. IPAnet users will experience no interruption of service and user names, passwords and preferences all remain the same. Users continue to receive customized investment opportunities via email as well. Find out more about the new FDI.net site.
IPAnet’s information resources include thousands of documents which have been reviewed and cataloged by IPAnet’s content administrators. These information resources are drawn from the World Bank Group, IMF, investment promotion organizations, government agencies and over 500 other leading business information providers and public organizations throughout the world.
These organizations have contributed financial or technical resources to assist MIGA in the development of the investor online services since 1996.
IPAnet’s partners augment our extensive free resources with their own specialized information services. These include:
BusinessMap – providing investment analysis and advice on Southern Africa, in the areas of Globalization and Investment, Development Finance, Black Economic Empowerment, and Politics and Policy.
Industry Watch – supplying free access to industry sector-based news and company information.
Government of Japan, Ministry of Finance www.mof.go.jp
The Japanese Ministry of Finance became a founding sponsor in 1995. Among other functions, the Ministry of Finance addresses matters concerning economic cooperation and development and multilateral institutions. The Ministry also provides a wide range of information on the legal framework pertaining to foreign direct investment and the business environment in Japan through Invest Japan.
Central European Initiative Central European Initiative www.ceinet.org
The Central European Initiative (CEI) was established in 1989 as an intergovernmental forum for political, economic and cultural co-operation among its Member States. Its main aim was to help transition countries in Central Europe come closer to the EU. In the second half of 1990s, the extension of its membership to South-eastern and Eastern Europe refocused its priorities on countries in special need. As of January 2007, the CEI had 9 EU and 9 non-EU member countries.
COFIDES COFIDES www.cofides.es
COFIDES, the Spanish Development Finance Company, is a private-public partnership corporation operating since 1990 to provide cost-effective financial support for private productive projects in developing, emerging or transition countries with Spanish investors. COFIDES operates by investing its own resources and/or by channeling off third party funding specifically suited to each individual project, mainly through Spanish government trust funds and co-financing facilities established with Multilateral Finance Institutions such as the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter-American Development Bank.
Austria Wirtschaftsservice www.awsg.at/portal
The Austria Wirtschaftsservice (AWS) is a state-owned financing and consultancy company that mainly provides guarantees for international and domestic investment projects. AWS has been a main sponsor of MIGA’s online services cooperating with MIGA in a number of projects, such as the expansion of the former PrivatizationLink service into Central Europe and the Middle East and the development of the FDI Xchange e-mail alert service.
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) www.acdi-cida.gc.ca
CIDA is the lead player in delivering Canada’s official development assistance program, supporting sustainable development in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world. Working with partners in the private and public sectors in Canada and in developing countries and with international organizations and agencies, CIDA supports foreign aid projects in more than 100 of the poorest countries in the world. CIDA was a main partner in developing the former PrivatizationLink Russia, an English- and Russian-language Web site for investors interested in bidding for assets being privatized or pursuing new investment projects in the Russian Federation.
Invest KOREA www.investkorea.org
Established in 1998 in the wake of the financial crisis, the Korea Investment Service Center (KISC) was part of a radical liberalization of the Korean investment regime. In September 2003 the Government finalized a comprehensive plan to attract foreign investment with the twin aims of increasing foreign investment and reforming the overall FDI support system. These changes were embodied in the transformation and expansion of KISC and its re-launch as Invest KOREA.
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Finance Spanish Ministry of Economy and Finance www.meh.es
The Spanish Ministry of Economy and Finance joined MIGA’s online services as a Lifetime Sponsor in 1996. MIGA’s online partnership with the Ministry’s Directorate of Commercial and Foreign Investment dates back to 1995 when the Ministry joined MIGA in organizing a Global IPA Network Conference and Workshop in Madrid, Spain. At this event, the prototype of the former Investment Promotion Network portal was presented to Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) representatives from more than 40 countries.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Industrial Development Organization www.unido.org
UNIDO is a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to promoting sustainable industrial development within developing and transition economies. UNIDO’s many investment development activities include assisting governments to enhance their investment promotion capabilities as well as developing and disseminating detailed profiles of promising investment projects. These project profiles and other relevant information are catalogued in FDI.net as part of MIGA’s ongoing collaboration with UNIDO’s Investment and Technology Promotion Branch.