Developing countries became less hostile to transnational service corporations (TNSCs), but many still confine TNSCs to selected industries and specific market segments. Given that services, and especially producer services, are inputs into other industries, the unintended effect of restrictions...

FDI in agriculture in developing countries is very small. It is not among priorities of most developing countries as regards FDI promotion and attraction. It is also not facilitated by often unresolved regulatory issues concerning access of investors to arable land. In addition, there a fewer...

International tourism is one of the largest export industries in a great number of developed and developing countries. In many of the latter it is the main source of foreign exchange revenues. The tourism literature tends to ascribe to transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct...

The study is concerned with answering a question: what is the role of international investment agreements (IIAs) in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing countries? It reviews the literature on the impact of IIAs on the size of FDI into developing countries to the extent, to...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in health services hardly existed 15-20 years ago. Health care is considered a universal human right. Many countries have included the right to a free access to healthcare in their constitutions. The public sector has typically been a dominant or a major provider...