This paper explores the dynamic relationships between foreign direct investment (FDI), international trade, and economic development. First, emphasizing the pivotal role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) - particularly in the context of Global Value Chains (GVCs) - it underscores how FDI and...

Historical context in brief -- Multinational corporations in the economic development of Black Africa : some problems that affect an equitable relationship -- Issues in North-South relations and the new world order -- MNC-Third World relations : a comparative study of policymakers' attitudes and...

This research paper evaluates the relative significance of World Trade Organisation (WTO) accession in general and that of WTO led liberalisation in particular in increasing an East Asian and Pacific (EAP) developing country's desirability for foreign direct investors. Other FDI influencing...

Having already been growing in importance for a number of years, geopolitics as it relates to the Global South has become tremendously more relevant following Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in 2022. Rivalries with China are set to become even more influential in future, determining...