Over the past 12 months, large-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia and Southeast Asia have made headlines in a flurry of media reports across the world. Lands that only a short time ago seemed of little outside interest are now being sought by international investors to the tune of hundreds of thousands of hectares.
The implications of this are discussed in the Columbia FDI Perspectives on topical foreign direct investment issues seried by the Vale Columbia Ce more...
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Abstract: 'Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is generally considered as a driving force in the integration of developing countries into the globalization process that characterizes the world economy. Although most FDI is concentrated in developed countries, developing countries have made the biggest gains in the 1990s in terms of flows of inward FDI: from US$ 34 billion in 1990 (17 per cent of global inflows) to US$ 149 billion in 1997 (37 per cent of global inflows). However, a small number of de more...
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Abstract: 'Foreign direct investment (FDI) and other forms of association to MNEs operations,
such as subcontracting, original equipment manufacturing (OEM), participation in
global value chains (GVCs), global manufacturing networks (GMNs), joint ventures
(JVs) and various kinds of alliances have been the movers of technological progress,
economic growth and success in international markets for many developing countries.
Success stories are widely known and will be highlighted in this work. more...
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'This paper reflects on the commission’s findings in relation to statistics from a variety of sources including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the Economist. It highlights the countries in the region most at risk from the economic crisis, documenting changes in their economic growth, trade and financial sectors, and unemployment levels. It explores what the policy implications are for the region’s governments responding to the crisis and the wider implications for donors.'
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ADBI Dean Masahiro Kawai gave the welcome remarks at the conference on the Global Financial Crisis: Europe in Crisis? Lessons for Asia and from Japan. The conference, jointly organized by ADBI and Japan’s Policy Research Institute, was held at ADBI, Tokyo on 17 June 2009.
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Columbia FDI Perspectives No. 7, by Susan D. Franck. This Perspective reviews recent empirical research in order to provide basic
information to fundamental questions about investment treaty arbitration (ITA) to create a more accurate framework for policy choices and dispute-resolution strategies.
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Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, during a lunch organised by the United States Council for International Business (June 2, 2009).
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