Digital FDI Initiative Pakistan 2025

The Digital FDI-Enabling Project (DEP) in Pakistan aims to: –Identify the state of play regarding digital FDI flows, relevant laws and regulations –Identify and help implement elements (including revision of current and/or proposing new policies, regulations and measures) that enable FDI in new digital activities, for instance start- ups, apps and other new digital services –Identify and help implement elements that enable digital adoption by traditionally non-digital firms –Identify and help implement elements that enable FDI in digital infrastructure, which includes both a physical dimension and a regulatory dimension (the focus should be on hard infrastructure, such as connectivity, data centres, etc.) –Identify and help implement home-country elements that enable digital services exports and outward digital FDI flows, for when it might be relevant to use outward FDI as an additional channel for digital capacity and development1.3 Project objectivesThe DEP project’s Digital FDI framework FIGURE 1 Source: World Economic Forum and Digital Cooperation OrganizationDigital FDINew digital activities Digital adoption Digital infrastructur e Outwar d digital FDI and digital services exports Digital infrastructure: Elements that enable investment in digital infrastructure, which includes both a physical dimension and a regulatory dimension. New digital activities: Elements that enable investment in new digital activities such as social media, digital platforms, cloud services and data centres.Digital adoption: Elements that enable digital adoption by traditionally non- digital firms as facilitated by policies and measures that enable the integration of digital services. Outward digital FDI and digital services exports: Investment that helps develop local capacity to enable two-way integration with the global digital economy.Pillar 1 Pillar 2Pillar 3 Pillar 4 Digital FDI Initiative: Digital FDI-Enabling Project in Pakistan 6