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Foreign investment & domestic development : multinationals and the state / Jenny Rebecca Kehl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kehl, Jenny Rebecca, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Investments, Foreign--Developing countries.
- Investments, Foreign.
- International business enterprises--Government policy--Developing countries.
- International business enterprises.
- Developing countries--Economic conditions.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (174 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How is it that billions of dollars flow through the developing world without altering its reality of poverty and scarcity? Jenny Kehl explores the crucial relationship between foreign direct investment and domestic development, focusing on the wide variation in the capacity of governments to negotiate FDI to the advantage of their citizens. To isolate the influence of political factors, Kehl examines one of the largest foreign investors, General Motors, in its relations with six host countries representing a range of political systems. Her cases, along with her larger statistical study, soundly refute conventional wisdom, demonstrating that the essential elements for successfully using FDI for development are political, not economic, and pointing to the political strategies and institutions that can best maximize the domestic benefits of FDI.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- 1. Introduction: The Political Economy of Development
- 2. The Politics of Profit: Foreign Investment as a Development Strategy
- 3. Roadblocks: Ineffective Bureaucracies in Kenya
- 4. Corruption: Impeding Pioneer Industries in Nigeria
- 5. Growing Pains: Securing the Benefits of High Tech Investment in India
- 6. Joint Ventures: Developing a Business Class in Malaysia
- 7. Adelante: Government Commitments to Reduce Investment Risk in Chile
- 8. After NAFTA: Attracting Multinationals with Free Enterprise Zones in Mexico
- 9. Looking Forward: The Trajectory of Foreign Investment and Domestic Development
- Appendix: Research Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62637-347-7
- OCLC:
- 1334344382
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