Implementing deregulation and promoting foreign direct investment in Africa : a report on six workshops
This paper is a summary of discussions and recommendations from a series of six workshops held in different African countries. The workshops came out of the Garborone Roundtable in 1992 and dealt with policy implementation; discussing with high level civil servants, problems and issues related to implementing policy changes on the working level and to the vital role civil servants have to play in making their countries more attractive to foreign investors. The following issues were debated: investment improvement process, access to land, domestic financing, tax administration, entry visas and work permits, price controls, customs and port operations, foreign trade formalities, foreign exchange controls and formalities, and legal and judicial systems.