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The Impact of Investment Policy in a Changing Global Economy : A Review of the Literature. / Echandi, Roberto.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Echandi, Roberto
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Debt markets.
- Economic theory & research.
- Emerging markets.
- FDI and exports.
- FDI impact.
- Foreign direct investment.
- Global value chains.
- International economics & trade.
- International investment agreements.
- Investment & investment climate.
- Investment incentives.
- Investment policy.
- Investment promotion.
- Investor entry.
- Investor protection.
- Local content.
- Macroeconomics and economic growth.
- Private sector development.
- Productivity.
- Research and development.
- Trade and investment.
- Wages and jobs finance and financial sector development.
- Local Subjects:
- Debt markets.
- Economic theory & research.
- Emerging markets.
- FDI and exports.
- FDI impact.
- Foreign direct investment.
- Global value chains.
- International economics & trade.
- International investment agreements.
- Investment & investment climate.
- Investment incentives.
- Investment policy.
- Investment promotion.
- Investor entry.
- Investor protection.
- Local content.
- Macroeconomics and economic growth.
- Private sector development.
- Productivity.
- Research and development.
- Trade and investment.
- Wages and jobs finance and financial sector development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (40 pages)
- Other Title:
- Impact of Investment Policy in a Changing Global Economy
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2015.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Evidence shows that foreign direct investment can provide many benefits to host countries, including productivity improvements, better jobs, and knowledge transfer. Further, it can serve as a vehicle for transformation of domestic production and better integration with global value chains. Nonetheless, these benefits are not automatic. Investment policies are required to maximize the potential gains of foreign direct investment. One challenge is that there are different kinds of foreign direct investment, and each may have different economic, social, and environmental impacts. However, the literature analyzing foreign direct investment often tends to swing from an extremely case-specific focus-analyzing experiences in one particular country in a single sector during a given period-to lumping together the analysis as if it was a homogenous phenomenon. Investment policy formulation requires a framework sophisticated enough to differentiate between the various kinds of foreign direct investment, as well as potential challenges and benefits for development. It must also be simple enough to enable governments to organize and prioritize the multiple and complex variables affecting the maximization of investment benefits. This paper presents an overview of the literature on the impact of foreign direct investment. The paper argues that a logical framework is needed to organize existing evidence from research to fill gaps in the literature and make existing evidence more useful in targeting policy making.
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