Harnessing Foreign Direct Investment for Development: Policies for Developed and Developing Countries - Softcover

Theodore H. Moran (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933286091 ISBN 13: 9781933286099

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, 2006

Synopsis

Is foreign direct investment good for development? Moving beyond the findings of his previous book Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Development? (CGD and IIE, 2005), Theodore H. Moran presents surprisingly good ―and startlingly bad ―news. The good news highlights how foreign direct investment can make a contribution to development significantly more powerful and more varied than conventional measurements indicate. The bad news reveals that foreign direct investment can also distort host economies and polities with consequences substantially more adverse than critics and cynics have imagined.
This book rigorously examines the principal controversies and debates about FDI in manufacturing and assembly, extractive industries, and infrastructure, in light of new evidence and analysis. Written in engaging prose, it identifies how developed and developing countries, multilateral lending agencies, and civil society can work in concert to harness foreign direct investment to promote the growth and welfare of developing countries.

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About the Author

Theodore H. Moran is a nonresident fellow at the Center for Global Development and holds the Marcus Wallenberg Chair at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA. He is founder and director of the Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy. His recent books include Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Development? (CGD and IIE, 2005) and Beyond Sweatshops: Foreign Direct Investment and Globalization in Developing Countries (Brookings, 2002).

Edition details

• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933286091
• ISBN 13: 9781933286099
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192