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Foreign Direct Investment in Africa; Some Case Studies
Basu, Anupam; Srinivasan, Krishna - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
countries in Africa have achieved in attracting a substantial volume of FDI. Strong leadership, which has helped promote …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248318
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FDI and the Investment Climate in the CIS Countries
Shiells, Clinton R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
In view of disappointing levels of inward foreign direct investment (FDI), this paper examines capital flows into the … projects, large privatization transactions, and debt/equity swaps to pay for energy supplies. Low FDI inflows despite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248333
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Multinational Affiliates and Local Financial Markets
Sayek, Selin; Lehmann, Alexander; Kang, Hyoung Goo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
-border component of foreign direct investment (FDI). The extent of financial leverage through local debt is positively related to host …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263683
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Why Does Fdi Go Where it Goes? New Evidence From the Transition Economies
Kinoshita, Yuko; Campos, Nauro F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper examines the importance of agglomeration economies and institutions vis-a-vis initial conditions and factor endowments in explaining the locational choice of foreign investors. Using a unique panel data set for 25 transition economies between 1990 and 1998, we find that the main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263716
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High Growth and Low Consumption in East Asia; How to Improve Welfare While Avoiding Financial Failures
Rochon, Céline; Feltenstein, Andrew; Shamloo, Maral - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
rates of FDI as well as domestic capital formation. This "investment hunger" can lead to unanticipated declines in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825678
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Chile; Institutions and Policies Underpinning Stability and Growth
Kalter, Eliot; Phillips, Steven; Singh, Manmohan; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chile’s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767351
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Determinants of, and the Relation Between, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth; A Summary of the Recent Literature
Lim, Ewe-Ghee - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper summarizes recent arguments/findings on two aspects of foreign direct investment (FDI): its correlation with … economic growth and its determinants. The first part focuses on recent literature regarding positive spillovers from FDI while … the second deals with the determinants of FDI. The paper finds that while substantial support exists for positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769019
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Risk Instability and the Pattern of Foreign Direct Investment in the Middle East and North Africa Region
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper demonstrates that instability associated with investment risk is critical in explaining the level of foreign direct investment for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, which generally have higher investment risk than developed countries. The empirical results support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769030
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Hong Kong SAR Economic Integration with the Pearl River Delta
Unteroberdoerster, Olaf; Chen, Hongyi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Hong Kong SAR's economic integration with the Mainland has primarily taken place in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Taking stock of integration trends, this paper discusses key implications for ensuring economic benefits of further integration are sustained and associated costs minimized. Besides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599204
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Foreign Direct Investment in Southeastern Europe; How (And How Much) Can Policies Help?
Ribakova, Elina; Horváth, Balázs; Demekas, Dimitri G.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Gravity factors explain a large part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Southeastern Europe-a region not … FDI for each country, and uses its deviation from actual levels to estimate what policies can realistically be expected to … achieve in terms of additional FDI. It also finds evidence that above a certain threshold, the importance of some policies for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599586