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The Voice of Foreign Direct Investment: Foreign Investor Policy Preferences and Experiences in Developing Countries

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dc.contributor.authorSaurav, Abhishek
dc.contributor.authorKuo, Ryan
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-08T14:22:15Z
dc.date.available2020-10-08T14:22:15Z
dc.date.issued2020-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides insights to inform government efforts to attract and retain foreign direct investment, by analyzing the results of a survey of more than 2,400 affiliates of multinational enterprises across 10 middle-income countries. The paper explores corporate perspectives and decision-making on countries’ legal and regulatory environments, political risk, and investment promotion activities. The survey finds that a business-friendly policy environment is critical to multinational enterprises’ investment decisions, confirming the importance of removing regulatory barriers to foreign direct investment (particularly approval processes), lowering political risks, and having investment promotion agencies. The survey results also show that investors are heterogeneous, with affiliates’ sectors, trading behaviors, sizes, ages, source countries, and foreign ownership levels affecting their perceptions of and sensitivity to various policy factors. Thus, policy makers should tailor their policy efforts to the needs of priority investor segments. Notably, the analysis consistently finds variation based on the extent to which affiliates import their inputs, suggesting that this relatively understudied topic deserves increased research and policy attention.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/587821601988275007/The-Voice-of-Foreign-Direct-Investment-Foreign-Investor-Policy-Preferences-and-Experiences-in-Developing-Countries
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9425
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34596
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9425
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subjectMULTINATIONAL CORPORATION
dc.subjectBUSINESS SURVEY
dc.subjectINVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
dc.subjectGLOBALIZATION
dc.subjectGLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
dc.subjectINVESTOR PERCEPTIONS
dc.titleThe Voice of Foreign Direct Investmenten
dc.title.subtitleForeign Investor Policy Preferences and Experiences in Developing Countriesen
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okr.crossref.titleThe Voice of Foreign Direct Investment : Foreign Investor Policy Preferences and Experiences in Developing Countries
okr.date.disclosure2020-10-06
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/587821601988275007/The-Voice-of-Foreign-Direct-Investment-Foreign-Investor-Policy-Preferences-and-Experiences-in-Developing-Countries
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9425
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32465671
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okr.topicIndustry::Industrial Economics
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Foreign Direct Investment
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Investment and Investment Climate
okr.unitFinance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice
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