This thesis focuses on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Angola and on constraints encountered by investors. It discusses the new Investment Law, resulting from a comprehensive law reform in 2003, as well as investment incentives destined to attract FDI into the territory, furthermore: the legal definitions of FDI and of &ldquo / Investor&rdquo / the Angolan private international law / the main constraints (investment barriers) encountered by investors, after and before entering the Angolan territory / the legal protection afforded to investors, and some examples of FDI and their implications in Angola.<br /> <br /> The author also analyses investment and intra-trade within the Sub-Saharan region, Angola under modes 3 and 4 of GATS, and other aspects of foreign (as well as private) investment, including on what has been done and what should still be achieved under the SADC Trade, Finance and Investment Protocol from 2005 onwards. This analysis, it is hoped, will contribute to the better understanding of the implications and benefits of FDI in Angola, considering the recent increase of inflows of FDI, as well, as to what extent and how the Government should continue to control and direct, as well as encourage FDI. To conclude, the impact (positive -negative) of FDI in the Angolan society, economy and for the environment will be discussed. Together with the chapters describing the legal framework for FDI, these parts are intended to provide a better insight into the legal, economic and social background for investing and for doing business in Angola, and what type of protection investors can expect from the country, whilst information and academic materials on this subject matter continue to be scarce and difficult to access.

This thesis focuses on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Angola and on constraints encountered by investors. It discusses the new Investment Law, resulting from a comprehensive law reform in 2003, as well as investment incentives destined to attract FDI into the territory, furthermore: the legal definitions of FDI and of &ldquo / Investor&rdquo / the Angolan private international law / the main constraints (investment barriers) encountered by investors, after and before entering the Angolan territory / the legal protection afforded to investors, and some examples of FDI and their implications in Angola.<br /> <br /> The author also analyses investment and intra-trade within the Sub-Saharan region, Angola under modes 3 and 4 of GATS, and other aspects of foreign (as well as private) investment, including on what has been done and what should still be achieved under the SADC Trade, Finance and Investment Protocol from 2005 onwards. This analysis, it is hoped, will contribute to the better understanding of the implications and benefits of FDI in Angola, considering the recent increase of inflows of FDI, as well, as to what extent and how the Government should continue to control and direct, as well as encourage FDI. To conclude, the impact (positive -negative) of FDI in the Angolan society, economy and for the environment will be discussed. Together with the chapters describing the legal framework for FDI, these parts are intended to provide a better insight into the legal, economic and social background for investing and for doing business in Angola, and what type of protection investors can expect from the country, whilst information and academic materials on this subject matter continue to be scarce and difficult to access.

A tese do Prof. Solival Menezes ocupa-se de analisar alguns aspectos da economia e da sociedade de Angola que, sob uma perspectiva lógica e histórica, permitem compreender a dinâmica que caracterizou a trajetória recente desse novo Estado nacional desde que, tornando-se liberto do colonialismo tardio português (em 1975), transformou-se em uma economia centralmente planejada até ser conduzido, posteriormente (pelos motivos examinados na tese), ao reencontro da economia de mercado e da democracia (em 1992). São examinadas algumas especificidades do longo colonialismo praticado em seu território visando a compreender de que modo a condição de economia dependente da metrópole se transferiu como legado ao novo país, condicionando os anos iniciais de sua fase soberana. / This thesis analyzes some aspects of the economy and society of Angola that, from a logical and historic perspective, can help understand the dynamics that characterized the recent trajectory of this new state, since, becoming free of the \"late Portuguese colonialism\" (in 1975), became a \"centrally planned economy\" until to be conducted later (for the reasons discussed in the thesis) to a market economy with democracy (in 1992). There are examined some characteristics of the Portuguese colonialism practiced throughout Angolas history in order to understand how the condition of the metropolis dependent economy was transferred as a legacy to the new country, thereby affecting the early years of its sovereign stage.

A tese do Prof. Solival Menezes ocupa-se de analisar alguns aspectos da economia e da sociedade de Angola que, sob uma perspectiva lógica e histórica, permitem compreender a dinâmica que caracterizou a trajetória recente desse novo Estado nacional desde que, tornando-se liberto do colonialismo tardio português (em 1975), transformou-se em uma economia centralmente planejada até ser conduzido, posteriormente (pelos motivos examinados na tese), ao reencontro da economia de mercado e da democracia (em 1992). São examinadas algumas especificidades do longo colonialismo praticado em seu território visando a compreender de que modo a condição de economia dependente da metrópole se transferiu como legado ao novo país, condicionando os anos iniciais de sua fase soberana. / This thesis analyzes some aspects of the economy and society of Angola that, from a logical and historic perspective, can help understand the dynamics that characterized the recent trajectory of this new state, since, becoming free of the \"late Portuguese colonialism\" (in 1975), became a \"centrally planned economy\" until to be conducted later (for the reasons discussed in the thesis) to a market economy with democracy (in 1992). There are examined some characteristics of the Portuguese colonialism practiced throughout Angolas history in order to understand how the condition of the metropolis dependent economy was transferred as a legacy to the new country, thereby affecting the early years of its sovereign stage.