Foreign direct investment and development : launching a second generation of policy research : avoiding the mistakes of the first, reevaluating policies for developed and developing countries / Theodore H. Moran.

This volume is the culmination of Institute investigations of the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and development. Today, more than one-third of world trade takes place in the form of intrafirm transactions--that is, trade among the various parts of the same corporate network sp...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Moran, Theodore H., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Peterson Institute for International Economics, ©2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • FDI in extractive industries
  • FDI in infrastructure
  • FDI in manufacturing and assembly
  • First look at the impact of FDI in services
  • Reconsidering the debate on FDI "crowding out" or "crowding in" domestic investment
  • FDI, host-country growth, and structural transformation
  • Globalization of industry via FDI : consequences for developed-country home economies
  • Policy implications
  • Lessons and conclusions : the second research agenda.