Foreign Direct Investment for Development: Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs

This book studies the development dimensions of foreign direct investment (FDI), including the impact of FDI on macroeconomic growth, the link with trade integration, the contribution of FDI to technology diffusion and human capital formation in the local economy, the benefits of FDI for sound competition, enterprise restructuring and corporate governance and the effect of FDI on the social and environmental performance of host

Foreign Direct Investment for Development: Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs: Overview

The publication from which this Overview is taken provides a comprehensive review of the issues related to the impact of FDI on development covering aspects such as economic growth, technology transfer ...

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Gender Equality in Sector-Wide Approaches

This guide is intended for policy and operational staff in government and development organisations who are involved in sector wide approaches (SWAPs). It is based on a number of case studies examining the experience of sector wide programmes in ...

OECD Investment Policy Reviews: Israel

This report assesses the role that foreign direct investment has come to play in Israel's economy and the policy measures susceptible of enhancing this role in the future. It is based on information current as of June 2002.

Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment - Lessons from the Mining Sector

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the forces fostering closer economic interdependence among countries. The rapid increase in FDI flows has generated considerable debate about its environmental and social implications in host countries. This publication examines the FDI-environment relationship in a specific sector and identifies emerging best practices. Empirical evidence from the mining sector is presented, and the key

Highlights of publication on Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Rio Conventions 1998-2000 (August 2002)

Short analysis of biodiversity, climate change and desertification related aid extended by the members of the DAC. Contribution by the DAC Secretariat for the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

Attracting investment to South East Europe: Common principles and best practices - Ministerial Declaration

Ministers representing the nations of South East Europe met in Vienna on 18 July 2002 under the auspices of the Stability Pact Investment Compact to sign this declaration on common principles and best practices designed to attract private investment in the region.

Foreign Direct Investment in South-Eastern Europe in the early 2000s

The aim of this paper is to provide a statistical update of an earlier analysis on FDI in South East European countries and includes Moldova among the countries covered. Various features of FDI in the region and in individual countries are presented in 29 tables. This study, prepared by Gábor Hunya of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, was commissioned by the Austrian Ministry of Economy and Labour.

Foreign Direct Investment in China: Challenges and Prospects for Regional Development

This book provides a selection of papers presented at the Conference on FDI in China's Regional Development, organised in Xian on 11-12 October 2001 at the request of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation.

Foreign Direct Investment in China: Challenges and Prospects for Regional Development: Synthesis of Discussion and Conclusions

This document reproduces the Synthesis of Discussions and Conclusions chapter from the OECD publication entitled "Foreign Direct Investment in China: Challenges and Prospects for Regional Development".