In a recent report, global consultancy Frost & Sullivan outlined the crucial but difficult role that investment promotion agencies play in attracting FDI. 

Insurance is set to be next for government's investment reform.

A drive by the Turkish government to attract more FDI to the country is working according to the latest figures, which show that inflows have increased in the first 8 months of 2014.

According to an annual report by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, tourist numbers have increased by more than 30 million in the first eight months of 2014, compared with the same period in 2013.

Ratings agency acknowledges the fiscal reforms implemented by the Egyptian government.

The Tax Foundation's latest index looks at the most hospitable tax systems in the US on a state-by-state basis. 

A new study shines the spotlight on the US states that are ripe for an economic turnaround and those that need more help combatting the skills gap. 

The results of Ukraine's parliamentary elections will give the country's pro-western ambitions a boost but the result does not mark the end of the country's political and economic troubles, Washington DC-based consultancy Sidar Global Advisors have warned.

Intelligent Community Forum has named the 21 locations shortlisted for its Intelligent Community of the Year, 2015 award.

Strong growth is expected in the Middle East and north Africa over the next two years, but most of this will be down to the economic output of the region's high-income economies, according to the World Bank.