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Many countries spend significant resources on investment promotion agencies in the hope of attracting inflows of foreign direct investment. Despite the importance of this question for public policy choices, little is known about the effectiveness of investment promotion efforts. This study uses...
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Evidence shows that foreign direct investment can provide many benefits to host countries, including productivity improvements, better jobs, and knowledge transfer. Further, it can serve as a vehicle for transformation of domestic production and better integration with global value chains....
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One of the strong messages that came out of the recent United Nations Climate Change conference in Durban was that the private sector has to play an important role if we are to globally move toward a low carbon, climate resilient -- or "climate compatible" -- future. However, private investment...
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The last two decades have witnessed a sharp increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows and increased competition … among developing countries to attract FDI, resulting in higher investment incentives offered by host governments and removal … form of business tax rebates, productivity-enhancing public infrastructure or investment incentives such as tax holidays …
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