Attracting International Investment for Development
Author(s)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Abstract
Sixteen papers and proceedings from the OECD Global Forum on International Investment, held in Shanghai in December 2002, consider what can be done to harness foreign direct investment (FDI) for development objectives. Papers focus on China’s foreign investment policies since its accession to the WTO; maximizing the benefits and minimizing the costs of FDI; creating an enabling environment for quality investment; competition for FDI and its impact on working people; the need for an Investment for Development Framework in the WTO and the contribution of the OECD Guidelines in setting standards for investors’ corporate social responsibility; OECD member country perspectives on maximizing the development benefits of FDI through linkages with local enterprises and supply chain management; a business perspective on supply chain management; sustainable foreign direct investments, supply chain management, and labor rights in China; creating efficient networking and effective linkages in investment promotion; OECD members’ experience with capital account liberalization and its relevance to other countries; foreign portfolio and direct investment; improving the synergies between official development assistance and FDI; Chile’s FDI policy; the shifting paradigm of FDI policy and promotion in Thailand; how to maximize the benefits of FDI in Asia; and FDI and domestic private sector development in Tanzania.
