Industrialized Countries' Policies Affecting Foreign Direct Investment inDeveloping Countries. Volume 2. Country Studies

摘要

Because of the severe foreign debt burden and balance of payment difficulties ofmany developing countries and their lack of resources for new investments, it is now clearly recognized that the private sector, both domestic and foreign, has to play a major role in the future growth of the developing world. In these circumstances, an obvious question to ask is what can be done to stimulate the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to developing countries. The report tries to assess what industrialized countries could do to help in this endeavor. It focusses its analysis exclusively on policies and institutions in industrialized countries that have a bearing on FDI flows to developing economies. The report is based on case studies of six industrialized countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. (Copyright (c) 1991 The World Bank/IFC/MIGA.)