A country's economic policy environment must be conducive for firms to achieve efficiencies that will enable them to be globally competitive. It is also widely accepted that taxation policy can have strong incentive effects on corporate decisions. CII interacts closely with different levels of government to put forward industry's viewpoint. CII's large membership enables us to be the most impartial and representative industry body, with a high level of credibility with the government and key regulatory bodies.

In order to achieve our objective of influencing government policy, we undertake extensive research, interact with key government officials and disseminate information through publications, seminars and events. With a large network of offices across the country, we are able to track policy issues in detail at the regional level.

CII also interacts closely with the Members of Parliament - the policy makers - across political parties to raise awareness about the need for reforms, the need for change to keep up with in an extremely competitive global economy. This has helped to keep up the flow of economic legislation passing through Parliament.