A Century of foreign investment in the Third World / Michael J. Twomey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Twomey, Michael J.

Series:

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 20.

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, Foreign--Developing countries--History--20th century.

Investments, Foreign.

Investments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The late twentieth century has witnessed a dramatic upsurge in foreign direct investment in the Third World. Based upon thorough statistical analysis, the book presents exhaustive case-studies of foreign investment policy in 'metropolitan' countries and of the experiences of 'host' countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America. With a wide geographical and historical focus, it also makes an important contribution to current debates on dependency theory.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Index of tables; Index of graphs; List of abbreviations and currencies; Introduction; Outline of the book; Acknowledgments; Conceptualizing and measuring foreign investment; Dunning's ~eclectic model~ of FDI; The Product Cycle and the Investment Development Path; The obsolescing bargain; Free Standing Companies; Expatriate investment; The Third World and colonies; Colonial policy and FDI; Measuring and comparing the size of FDI; Capital and the capital output ratio; Further measurement issues; Final comments; Notes; The major source countries; FDI in services

Foreign Portfolio Equity Investment British investment; Trends in British direct investment; French overseas investment; Issues in the measurement of French colonial investment; The United States; Belgium; The Netherlands; Japan; Concluding comments; Notes; Africa; Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia; Cte d'Ivoire; Liberia; Zaire; British Tropical Africa; Ghana; Nigeria; Kenya; Uganda; North and South Rhodesia; Zimbabwe; Zambia; Asia and the Middle East; China; India; Indo-China; Indonesia; Korea; Malaysia; Philippines; Taiwan; Thailand; The Middle East and petroleum; Turkey; Notes

Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada Brazil; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Cuba; Honduras; Jamaica; Mexico; Peru; Venezuela; Notes; General results; Estimates of the foreign ownership of domestic capital; The relative importance of expatriate investment; Econometric explanation of pre-World War I FDI; The relative size of railroads; Railroad financing; The Investment Development Path; The ~Big Push~ and domestic growth; Source country determinants of FDI growth; Policies in host countries; Location specific advantages in host countries; Privatization and FDI; Future trends; Overall summary

Notes Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-245) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-56921-1

1-280-40212-1

0-203-18594-3

9780203185940

OCLC:

559707292