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FDI Investment Incentive System and FDI Inflows: The Philippine Experience

DP 2006-20
2006

This paper examines the country’s investment incentive program for foreign investors and its success in attracting substantial FDI inflows. The analysis compares the FDI incentive system and FDI performance of the Philippines with other Asian countries. Since it is difficult to untangle the effect of tax incentives from other factors, the analysis also takes into account other factors such as level of competitiveness, costs of doing business and availability of infrastructure. Our experience tends to suggest that in the absence of fundamental factors such as economic conditions and political climate, tax incentives alone are not enough to generate a substantial effect on investment decisions of investors nor can they compensate for the deficiencies in the investment environment.

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  1. Klemm, Alexander D., Dennis P. Botman, and Reza Baqir, 2008 "Investment incentives and effective tax rates in the Philippines: A comparison with neighboring countries" , International Monetary Fund

  2. Botman, Dennis, Alexander Klemm, and Reza Baqir, 2010 "Investment incentives and effective tax rates in the Philippines: a comparison with neighboring countries" , Taylor & Francis Journals

  3. Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008 "Industrial agglomeration and industrial policies: the Philippine experience" , East Asian Bureau of Economic Research

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  6. Aldaba, Rafaelita M., 2014 "Investment liberalization and facilitation toward AEC 2015" , Philippine Institute for Development Studies.

  7. International Monetary Fund, 2012 "Philippines: Technical assistance report on road map for a pro-growth and equitable tax system" , International Monetary Fund


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Aldaba, Rafaelita M.
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Foreign direct investment (FDI); investment incentives; corporate taxation
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