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Philippine Foreign Investment Efforts: The Foreign Investments Act And The Local Governments Code, John F. Pierce
Philippine Foreign Investment Efforts: The Foreign Investments Act And The Local Governments Code, John F. Pierce
Washington International Law Journal
The Philippine Government's efforts to attract foreign direct investments have been ineffectual, especially when compared with the efforts of its Southeast Asian neighbors. Foreign investment incentive legislation has been relatively ineffectual in attracting the investment the Philippines sought due to the ambiguous and arbitrary execution of its investment laws and policies. The Philippine Judiciary's unsettled attitude toward foreign investment further enhanced the overall impression that the Philippines was not a safe or stable investment host country. The Philippines' most recent legislative attempt to lure foreign investment is the Foreign Investments Act of 1991. The Foreign Investments Act goes much further …