Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Development : Lessons from Six Emerging Economies

Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Development Lessons from Six Emerging Economies

This study examines the link between FDI and development in six dynamic non-Member economies: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. These countries have all adopted different policies towards FDI in the past, but to a great extent they are all converging on a more open a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development Content Provider (content provider), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Content Provider
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 1998.
Materias:
Finance and Investment
Investments, Foreign > Southeast Asia
Investments, Foreign > Latin America
Finance
Business & Economics
Investment & Speculation
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705186006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • INTRODUCTION: General characteristics of the countries in this study
  • I. FDI TRENDS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA
  • Characteristics of FDI in each region
  • Motives for investment decisions
  • II. REGIONAL INTEGRATION
  • III. PRIVATISATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
  • Trends in privatisation
  • Foreign participation in privatisation
  • FDI and the gains from privatisation
  • FDI and infrastructure development
  • IV. COMPARISON OF FDI POLICIES
  • Screening
  • Sectoral restrictions
  • Other restrictions
  • Conclusion
  • V. FINANCIAL SECTOR LIBERALISATION
  • VI. THE ROLE OF TRADE REFORM
  • VII. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AS AN ENGINE OF GROWTH AND STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
  • FDI and host country exports
  • FDI and the balance of payments
  • FDI and host country employment
  • Technology transfer
  • Conclusion
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • Annex 1. FDI LEGISLATION IN ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA AND THE PHILIPPINES
  • Annex 2. SUMMARIES OF THE COUNTRY STUDIES OF ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA AND THE PHILIPPINES
  • Argentina
  • Policy reform and investment growth in the 1990s
  • Argentina’s resurgence: the role of foreign MNEs
  • Conclusion
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia
  • The Philippines
  • Further scope for reform

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