We assess the role of capital goods imports and inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) as transmission channels … depends on the BRICs’ local capacity to absorb superior technologies and on domestic investment. …

The demand of industrialized countries for a multilateral agreement on investment to be negotiated under the roof of … foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. By contrast, the opponents consider such an agreement to be biased in … the case for a multilateral agreement on investment is not compelling: Investment regulations have been liberalized …

industries. The simulation results suggest that FDI inflows add to Bolivia's investment ratio, enhance economic growth, and …, complementary public investment in infrastructure may help remove bottlenecks in the absorptive capacity of the economy that tend to …