Manila hosts world's lone summit for investment policy-makers
For the first time, the Philippines is hosting the Investment Policy Forum (IPF), the world's only annual gathering of investment negotiators and policy-makers from developing countries. The 16th IPF, co-hosted by IISD and the Board of Investments, opened at Lanson Place in Pasay City on Wednesday.
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