Raising the productivity content of exports is an important issue for developing and emerging countries. What role do … generalizing the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the host country's export productivity level. Using panel data, we … present new empirical evidence suggesting that FDI boosts the overall productivity level of the developing and emerging …

pertains to why capital seems to flow to economies with lower rather than higher productivity growth. We find that while … portfolio equity and debt investment flows are negatively related to total factor productivity (TFP) in developing Asia, thereby …