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9780203185940

A Century of Foreign Investment in the Third World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203185940

  • ISBN10:

    0203185943

  • Copyright: 2002-01-04
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction Major themes Outline of the book
Acknowledgments
Dedication
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
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
Africa Egypt Algeria Morocco
Tunisia French sub-Saharan Africa Cocirc;te d'Ivoire Liberia
Zaire British Tropical Africa Ghana Nigeria Kenya Uganda
Union of South Africa North and South Rhodesia Zimbabwe Zambia
Endnotes
Asia and the Middle East
Australia
China India Indochina Indonesia Korea Malaysia Philippines Taiwan Thailand
The Middle East and Petroleum Turkey
Endnotes
Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada
Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Honduras Jamaica Mexico Peru Venezuela
Endnotes
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
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