Michael Twomey

A Century of Foreign Investment in the Third World (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The late twentieth century has witnessed a dramatic upsurge in foreign direct investment in the Third World. Based upon thorough statistical analysis, the book presents exhaustive case-studies of foreign investment policy in 'metropolitan' countries and of the experiences of 'host' countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America. With a wide geographical and historical focus, it also makes an important contribution to current debates on dependency theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134569212
• Artikelnr.: 42636544

Autorenporträt

Michael Twomey

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction Major themes Outline of the book Acknowledgments
Dedication Chapter 2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Foreign Investment
Theoretical perspectives Dunning's 'eclectic model' of FDI The product
cycle and the investment development path The obsolescing bargain Free
standing companies Expatriate investment The Third World and colonies
Colonial policy and FDI Measuring and comparing the size of FDI Capital and
the capital-output ratio Further measurement issues Final comments Endnotes
Chapter 3. Evolution of Investment in the Twentieth Century: Source
Countries Global overview FDI in services Foreign portfolio equity
investment British investment Trends in British direct investment French
overseas investment Issues in the measurement of French colonial investment
The United States Belgium The Netherlands Japan Concluding comments
Endnotes Chapter 4. Africa Egypt Algeria Morocco Tunisia French sub-Saharan
Africa Côte d'Ivoire Liberia Zaire British Tropical Africa Ghana Nigeria
Kenya Uganda Union of South Africa North and South Rhodesia Zimbabwe Zambia
Endnotes Chapter 5. Asia and the Middle East Australia China India
Indochina Indonesia Korea Malaysia Philippines Taiwan Thailand The Middle
East and Petroleum Turkey Endnotes Chapter 6. Latin America, the Caribbean,
and Canada Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Honduras Jamaica
Mexico Peru Venezuela Endnotes Chapter 7. General Results Long term trends
Estimates of the foreign ownership of domestic capital The relative
importance of expatriate investment Econometric explanation of pre-World
War I FDI The relative size of railroads Railroad financing The investment
development path The 'big push' and domestic growth Source country factors
Location specific advantages in host countries Privatization and FDI
Overall summary Future trends Endnotes