Removing limitations on foreign land ownership would also facilitate FDI. It gauges the restrictiveness of a country’s FDI rules by looking at the four main types of restrictions on FDI: 1) foreign equity limitations; 2) discriminatory screening or approval mechanisms; 3) restrictions on the employment of foreigners as key personnel; and 4) other operational restrictions, e.g. on branching and on capital repatriation or on land ownership by foreign-owned enterprises. The administrative burden discourages firm registration.