UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 13F

                               FORM 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2008

Check here if Amendment [  ]; Amendment Number: ____

  This Amendment (Check only one):     [  ] is a restatement.
                                       [  ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:             Genesis Investment Management, LLP
Address:          21 Knightsbridge
                  London, SW1X 7LY

13F File Number:  28-10955

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:             Jeremy D. Paulson-Ellis
Title:            Chairman
Phone:            020-7201-7200

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/ Jeremy D. Paulson-Ellis    London, United Kingdom          MAY 8, 2008
        [Signature]                [City, State]                  [Date]


Report Type (Check only one):

[ ]  13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
     are reported in this report.)

[X]  13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and
     all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

[ ]  13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
     reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported
     by other reporting manager(s).)


List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:

[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]


     Form 13F File Number      Name


     28-10957                  Genesis Asset Managers, LLP
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                              FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE


Report Summary:


Number of Other Included Managers:       None

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:  None

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:  None

List of Other Included Managers:


Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.

[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings
and list entries.]

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