The Philippine economy has manifested signs of recovery due to various factors such as political and economic stabilization. Hence, inflows are expected to continue in the future. While these capital flows are positive developments, it carries with it adverse impacts on the real sector of the...

This study examines the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in enabling Russia to grow and prosper economically. The study focuses on Russia's policy towards FDI, assessing how well it has worked through analysis of the data, and how it may be strengthened. The paper considers the roles and...

This paper shows the political investment risk in the Russian regions. The political risk has been determined by an index system. The value of each of the 19 indices is fixed individually for all 89 Russian regions. As a result all indices are classified and rated (Euclidean score).The result...

mediante una aproximación descriptiva a las inversiones provenientes de capitales extranjeros que hoy operan en China, el presente trabajo pretende ser un aporte para el conocimiento de uno de los tantos fenómenos que se desprenden de este nuevo posicionamiento internacional del gigante...

During the recent period, many countries compete with each other to attract foreign investment. When MNCs invest in a host country, it is assumed that a part of their technology spills to the host country firms. But empirical studies on spillover effects of FDI have failed to find robust...

Foreign investment has proven essential for economic growth and the present paper connects it explicitly to the capital stock in the neoclassical growth model. The assumption in the literature of perfect foreign investment implies no distinction between domestic and foreign capital. In the...

An empirical neoclassical growth model reveals that foreign investment incrementally contributed to the economic transition of 27 countries in Central and Eastern Europe during the transition period 1989 to 2003. The model departs from the theoretical and applied growth literatures by estimating...

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.