Fares Al-Hussami

Economist @OECD.
Head of FDI Qualities & Impact, Sustainable Investment Unit.
Opinions are mine.

[Mathias Cormann @MathiasCormann]

Pleased to launch the #OECD Investment Policy Review of Mauritius 🇲🇺.

Further reforms will help attract more & better foreign direct investment across the 🇲🇺 economy and help leverage its strategic location between Africa and the Indo-Pacific.

🔗 https://t.co/poX7dijPlh

[OECD Social @OECD_Social]

The #NetZeroTransition will have a profound impact on labour markets.

More than 2⃣5⃣ % of existing #jobs will be strongly affected by #NetZero policies, in both positive and negative ways, and across most sectors of the economy.

See 🆕 analysis here 👉 https://t.co/Vay4jThY6J

[J Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo @PepeduIbarra]

#MultinationalEnterprises, through #ForeignDirectInvestment affect #educationalchoices and alter #wagestructures in the host economies. However, it’s uncertain whether the presence of #MNEs aids or hinders #humancapitaldevelopment. Read our #OA article https://t.co/WxVdHbmUs3

[OECD Business and Finance @OECD_BizFin]

Just released at the Tunisia Investment Forum! #TIF2024

Our report assesses how foreign direct investment (#FDI) supports Tunisia in meeting the #SDGs and its ambition of becoming a knowledge-based economy with #qualityjobs.

https://t.co/JGUQM4RyJq

[OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives @OECD]

Revised OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises

➡️ Encouraging investment policies that consider #ClimateChange, sustainability and inclusiveness and promote a whole-of-government approach while keeping markets open.

[Gita Gopinath @GitaGopinath]

Global linkages are changing amidst elevated geopolitical tensions and a surge in policies directed at increasing supply chain resilience and national security. More from @pogourinchas, @a_presbitero, Petia Topalova & me here: https://t.co/zs28IgDy2G.

[Richard Baldwin @BaldwinRE]

Why are South-South investments growing faster? New bilateral data and stylised facts @voxeu
🔗https://t.co/HNrHRY9E2Z
Cc: @wb_research @BIS_org @sschmukler @cepr_org

[Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade @MIIT_Uz]

On March 5 of the current year, Laziz Kudratov, Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, received a delegation from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) led by Stephen Thomsen, Head of the Investment Division.

[Germán Zarama @germanzarama]

Excited to share my participation at @APEC's 1st Investment Experts’ Group (IEG1) representing the @OECD_BizFin.

Learning about member economies' efforts to promote inclusive and #sustainableInvestment and understanding the critical interlinkage with #RBC, including: 🧵

[Germán Zarama @germanzarama]

#Vietnam 🇻🇳 showcased a promising dialogue on an FDI Qualities Review to foster policy action, highlighting the role of FDI in supporting a just #greentransition and tackling challenges such as legal framework improvements and enhancing skill development.

[OECD Business and Finance @OECD_BizFin]

In a speech at the OECD Investment Treaties Conference, Mary Robinson of @TheElders urged for a wide-reaching policy and legal rethink to stop fossil fuel companies profiting at the expense of climate action. https://t.co/st5OjBWCIE

[Fares Al-Hussami @fareshussami]

@MIIT_Uz @OECD_BizFin @OECDglobal

[Etienne Lepers @etienne_lepers]

📆We recently released the quarterly update of the @OECD_BizFin monthly capital flow dataset up to Nov 2023
👉Emerging markets as a whole returned to positive portfolio inflows in 2023
👉Divergence with China that has seen several months of outflows
📊DL: https://t.co/CcK3WZYcAk

[OECD Development @OECDdev]

How many formal jobs did foreign direct investment (FDI) create in #LatinAmerica and the Caribbean between 2003-2023?

Find out in our #EconomicOutlook for the region ➡️ https://t.co/Mr6QRhvs8Z

[Sebastian Nieto Parra @snietoparra]

What are the main policy priorities to improve the investment agenda in #LatinAmerIca & the #Caribbean?

This 🧵 summarizes key messages from our latest LEO- #LatinAmerican #EconomicOutlook on Investing for sustainable development (launched on Dec. 15).
📖https://t.co/OW7xy4t4ea

[International Energy Agency @IEA]

Investment flows are shifting the world towards a more electrified, renewables-rich energy system.

5 years ago, for $1 invested in fossil fuels, the same went to clean energy.

But today, for $1 invested in fossil fuels, $1.80 is going to clean energy → https://t.co/jUr2Lk0blo

[OECD Business and Finance @OECD_BizFin]

Just out!

A new OECD Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Qualities Review of Croatia published with the support of @EU_Reforms.

How can Croatia reform its investment promotion and facilitation policies to attract #sustainable investment?

Find out here: https://t.co/x04a8Yh2vA

[Fares Al-Hussami @fareshussami]

@HadleysComment @OECD @OECD_local @AlexdeCrom

[fDi Intelligence @fDiIntelligence]

The #renewableenergy industry saw the highest growth in job creation from foreign investment, according to a new index comparing job creation in 2022 compared to 2010.

Explore #fdi job creation by industry here: https://t.co/2bmAqutQ3b

#data #dataviz #econdev

[Fares Al-Hussami @fareshussami]

@AtassiChadia Wow. Congratulations!!!!!