Foreign Direct Investment: A Development Option for Cities

摘要

In recent years cities and other local units have actively encouraged investment by foreign investors. However, there are many unanswered questions about the positive and negative impacts of foreign investments. Responding to this need the U.S. Conference of Mayors convened mayors, and local officials, representatives of Federal and State governments, labor and industry and foreign-investment practitioners to discuss the ramification of foreign investment. This report contains a wealth of information pertaining to both the positive and negative aspects of attracting foreign investment.