Does foreign direct investment lead or follow development? : differences in foreign direct investment (FDI) behaviour in low and middle-income countries; final technical report covering the period from 10 March 2006 to 9 January 2009

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2009

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Centre for Analysis and Forecasting (CAF), Hanoi, VN

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The research aims at determining the volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows and their impact on economic efficiency and inequality or poverty reduction in Vietnam and South Africa and in low- and middle-income countries, looking especially at systematic differences in behavior in low- versus middle-income countries, to see whether FDI flows lead or follow development. The project used a variety of coordinated methods, including descriptions of FDI policy, firm-level surveys and case studies, and country level econometric regressions. Research outputs, workshops and other activities are reviewed.

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FOREIGN INVESTMENT, DIRECT INVESTMENT, SURVEYS, TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, WAGE RATE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, SOUTH AFRICA, VIET NAM

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