OECD Reviews of Foreign Direct Investment
Subtitle: Hungary 2000
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD Reviews of Foreign Direct Investment
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9789264187993
Subjects: Finance and Investment
Description: An OECD Member country since 1996, Hungary has for the past ten years pursued its economic transition process with extensive reforms encompassing an active and liberal foreign direct investment policy. It has become one of the most attractive environments and preferred destinations for investors in Eastern Europe, with one of the highest per capita FDI inflows in the region. Privatisation has played a key role in the transformation of the Hungarian economy and in attracting FDI. Now, with this process virtually completed, Hungary aims at achieving an FDI ratio of 20 to 25 per cent of total investment by developing further greenfield projects, encouraging reinvestments and promoting small and medium-sized enterprises. This study charts the rise of FDI in Hungary and examines its role in the transition process, assessing the degree of openness of the Hungarian economy to foreign direct investors.
Table of contents: title: Overview; title: Inward FDI; title: -a) Geographic Distribution; title: b) Sectoral Distribution; title: c) Countries of Origin; title: d) Impact on the Hungarian Economy; title: Hungarian Investment Abroad; title: Statistical Data and Methods; title: General Legal Framework; title: a) FDI Regulation; title: b) Real Estate; title: Investment Incentives; title: a) SME Development; title: b) FDI Promotion in Hungary; title: Bilateral Investment Protection, Double Taxation, and Other Agremeents; title: Sectoral Measures; title: -a) Banking; title: b) Insurance; title: c) Other Financial Services; title: d) Pension Funds; title: Privatisation; title: -a) Status; title: b) Legislation; title: c) Restrictions and the Composition of Assets Remaining in Permanent State Ownership; title: d) Opportunities; title: Monopolies and Concessions; title: National Security; title: Annex 1. Hungary's Current Position under the Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements and Under the National Treatment Instrument; title: Annex 2. Hungary's Transparency Measures regarding National Treatment; title: Annex 3. Hungary's Investment Protection and Double Taxation Treaties; title: Annex 4. Foreign Direct Investment Statistics