Resources

We are collecting articles, reports, books and tools to help beginners and experts sharpen their advocacy skills. 

Whether it is the latest report or a must-read article; you will find useful material here.

A first selection

Reports & Books

  1. World Bank (2004). World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/5987 Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
  2. UNCTAD (2008). Investment Promotion Agencies as Policy Advocates. investment Advisory Series, Series A, number 2, Geneva. Link: http://unctad.org/en/docs/iteipc20076_en.pdf
  3. OECD (2018). Mapping of Investment Promotion Agencies in OECD Countries. Link: Mapping of investment promotion agencies in OECD countries – OECD
  4. International Finance Corporation (2016). The Investment Climate. Published by the Inter-Agency Task Force of Financing for Development, Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. Link: http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/The-Investment-Climate_IFC-World-Bank-Group_IATF-Issue-Brief.pdf
  5. Sanchiz, A.; Omic, A. (2020). State of Investment Promotion Agencies: Evidence from WAIPA-WBG’s Joint Global Survey. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. Link:  https://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/499971594008431029/State-of-Investment-Promotion-Agencies-Evidence-from-WAIPA-WBG-s-Joint-Global-Survey
  6. Heilbron, A.; Aranda-Larrey, Y. (2020). The Comprehensive Investor Services Framework. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. Link:   https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/33498/Strengthening-Service-Delivery-of-Investment-Promotion-Agencies-The-Comprehensive-Investor-Services-Framework.pdf   
  7. Book about Aftercare: Arriagada Peters, C. and Coble, D. and Li, T. and Lewis, B. (2022). “Investment Aftercare Explained. A Guide for FDI Practitioners and Policymakers on How to Grow and Retain Investors”. Routledge, London and New York. Link: https://www.routledge.com/Investment-Aftercare-Explained-A-Guide-for-FDI-Practitioners-and-Policymakers/Peters-Coble-Li-Lewis/p/book/9781032006246

Organisations

The following organizations offer good content about advocacy:
  1. UNCTAD – https://unctad.org
  2. World Bank – https://www.worldbank.org
  3. OECD – https://www.oecd.org
  4. WAIPA – https://www.waipa.org
  5. UNIDO – https://www.unido.org
  6. GIZ – https://www.giz.de
  7. International Centre for Policy Advocacy (ICPA) – https://www.icpolicyadvocacy.org/

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