The world Bank’s proposal to establish a new international organization whose purpose would be insuring foreign direct investment (FDI) against political risk was launched at its annual meeting in Seoul in October 1985. This paper is an attempt to evaluate the proposed Multilateral Investment...

The role of human capital has so far not been well documented at the macroeconomic level. Many empirical studies lack a consistent theoretical foundation and there are measurement problems due to a very narrow concept of human capital focusing on formal education. Future empirical research...