While global investment needs are enormous in order to bolster the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, developing countries are often excluded from global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. Beyond economic fundamentals like market size, infrastructure and labour,...

The implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires enormous global investment. In developing countries alone, its realisation requires investment of $ 4 trillion a year (UNCTAD, 2014). Since the public sector in developing countries is often unable to mobilise sufficient...