No 25 Foreign direct investment in the financial sector-experiences in Asia, central and eastern Europe and Latin America Summary of follow-up workshops to the CGFS report, " Foreign direct investment in the financial sector of emerging economies " June 2005 Copies of publications are available from:

This paper develops a quantitative small-open-economy model to study the determinants of optimal pace foreign reserve accumulation by developing countries. In model, depreciates real exchange rate and attracts direct investment (FDI) inflows, which promotes productivity growth through endogenous firm dynamics. The economy is also subject sudden stops in form an occasionally binding constraint o...

foreign direct investmentplays a crucial role in the economy of developing countries like bangladesh through accelerating gross domestic product (gdp), export and domestic investment followed by overall economic growth. the present scenario of fdi in bangladesh in not still satisfactory enough but given the availability of abundant resources, skilled and cheap labor forces, a stable political a...

JEL Bibliographic Code O15, O18, O47, O53 We postulate that inferior factor productivity in China’s noncoastal provinces is a principal reason for their lower economic growth despite high investment rates relative to provincial GDP. We flnd that TFP is roughly twice as high in the coastal provinces and estimate that investment in higher education and foreign direct investment help explain the p...

This article analyzes the location determinants of foreign direct investment in services, both theoretically and empirically. It hypothesizes four sets of factors as the location determinants of FDI in services based on the standard theory of FDI. The generalized investment theory on China’s foreign direct investment is tested empirically utilizing panel data for 17 provinces and cities from 20...

abstract the study examines the growth effects of foreign direct investment on environmental quality in nigeria between 1970 and 2013. variables like per capita income, environmental degradation, foreign direct investment, human capital, inflation, trade openness, interest rate, and the interaction term between foreign direct investment and carbon emission were employed in the study. a long run...

Women entrepreneurs around the world have increasingly contributed to innovation, employment, and wealth creation (Brush & Cooper, 2012; Brush, de Bruin, & Welter, 2009). Studies suggest that foreign direct investment can be an important determinant of entrepreneurship in general. However, the link between foreign ventures and women entrepreneurs remains under-researched. Therefore, we suggest ...

In the course of transition, the former centrally planned economies of central Europe have attracted increasing shares of the international capital flows to emerging market economies. Moreover, compared to other world regions, a relatively large share of these flows has been constituted of foreign direct investment. An exploration of the determinants of these capital flows, using a neo-classica...