Foreign Direct Investment

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Foreign Direct Investment

Six Country Case Studies

9781843764670 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Yingqi Annie Wei, The University of Leeds, UK and V.N. Balasubramanyam, Professor of Development Economics, Department of Economics, Lancaster University, UK
Publication Date: 2005 ISBN: 978 1 84376 467 0 Extent: 240 pp
This book consists of detailed case studies of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico and Sub-Saharan Africa, providing a critical review of the determinants and impact of FDI on growth and development, employment, technology transfer and trade.

The expert contributors examine a range of controversial issues including the contribution of the relatively large volume of FDI in China to its growth, whether India should fully liberalise its FDI regime and the impact of Mexico’s membership of NAFTA on the volume of FDI it has attracted. Malaysia’s economic policies, which appear to have attracted relatively large volumes of FDI but failed to generate the hoped for transmission of technology and skills are also questioned, along with the role of corruption in limiting the contribution of FDI to achieving social goals in Sub-Saharan Africa. The impressive record of the Irish Republic in attracting and harnessing FDI to development objectives is examined closely and provides a detailed analysis of policies likely to promote efficient utilisation of FDI.

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This book consists of detailed case studies of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico and Sub-Saharan Africa, providing a critical review of the determinants and impact of FDI on growth and development, employment, technology transfer and trade.

The expert contributors examine a range of controversial issues including the contribution of the relatively large volume of FDI in China to its growth, whether India should fully liberalise its FDI regime and the impact of Mexico’s membership of NAFTA on the volume of FDI it has attracted. Malaysia’s economic policies, which appear to have attracted relatively large volumes of FDI but failed to generate the hoped for transmission of technology and skills are also questioned, along with the role of corruption in limiting the contribution of FDI to achieving social goals in Sub-Saharan Africa. The impressive record of the Irish Republic in attracting and harnessing FDI to development objectives is examined closely and provides a detailed analysis of policies likely to promote efficient utilisation of FDI.

Foreign Direct Investment will be of interest to researchers, scholars and practitioners in the areas of international economics and international business – foreign direct investment and multinational enterprises in particular – and development economics.
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Contributors: V.N. Balasubramanyam, P. Buckley, J.-r. Chen, R. Clarke, N. Driffield, J.H. Dunning, R. Eglin, D. Griffiths, Y. Huang, S. Lall, V. Mahambare, A.H.M. Noor, R. Read, F. Ruane, M.A. Salisu, D. Sapsford, F. Sjöholm, N. Snowden, Y.A. Wei
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Contents: Foreword by John H. Dunning 1. Introduction 2. Foreign Direct Investment in China 3. Foreign Direct Investment in India 4. Inward Foreign Direct Investment and the Industrial Development of Malaysia 5. Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico 6. Foreign Direct Investment in Ireland 7. Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa Index
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