The Voice of Foreign Direct Investment : Foreign Investor Policy Preferences and Experiences in Developing Countries
This 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...
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okr-10986-345962022-09-20T00:11:14Z The Voice of Foreign Direct Investment : Foreign Investor Policy Preferences and Experiences in Developing Countries Saurav, Abhishek Kuo, Ryan FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION BUSINESS SURVEY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS GLOBALIZATION GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN INVESTOR PERCEPTIONS This 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. 2020-10-08T14:22:15Z 2020-10-08T14:22:15Z 2020-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/587821601988275007/The-Voice-of-Foreign-Direct-Investment-Foreign-Investor-Policy-Preferences-and-Experiences-in-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34596 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9425 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION BUSINESS SURVEY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS GLOBALIZATION GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN INVESTOR PERCEPTIONS Saurav, Abhishek Kuo, Ryan The Voice of Foreign Direct Investment : Foreign Investor Policy Preferences and Experiences in Developing Countries |
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This 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. |
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Saurav, Abhishek Kuo, Ryan |
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Saurav, Abhishek Kuo, Ryan |
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Saurav, Abhishek |
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The Voice of Foreign Direct Investment : Foreign Investor Policy Preferences and Experiences in Developing Countries |
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The Voice of Foreign Direct Investment : Foreign Investor Policy Preferences and Experiences in Developing Countries |
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The Voice of Foreign Direct Investment : Foreign Investor Policy Preferences and Experiences in Developing Countries |
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The Voice of Foreign Direct Investment : Foreign Investor Policy Preferences and Experiences in Developing Countries |
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The Voice of Foreign Direct Investment : Foreign Investor Policy Preferences and Experiences in Developing Countries |
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voice of foreign direct investment : foreign investor policy preferences and experiences in developing countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/587821601988275007/The-Voice-of-Foreign-Direct-Investment-Foreign-Investor-Policy-Preferences-and-Experiences-in-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34596 |
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