Charles Brown wrote:
Profits aside, two features of FDI which seem to clearly differentiate developed
and developing countries (in the context of the US foreign investment thread,
imperial vs neo-colonies) appear to be the balance between inward and outward
investment stock (biased towards
Ratios of inward and outward FDI stock to GDP, and FDI flows to gross fixed
capital formation are tabulated for most countries in the various World
Investment Reports of UNCTAD. They also calculate a transnationality index of
FDI host countries, which averages the four shares: FDI flows (as a
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 00:37:28 +1200, Bill Rosenberg wrote:
It's difficult to say what profit figures would
show. The ability of TNCs to transfer their
profits from one country another for tax,
political or internal reasons must make the
profit attributed to their operations in any one
country
Argentina, Australia and Canada (and US foreign investment)
by Bill Rosenberg
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Nice synthesis of these threads, Bill.
Profits aside, two features of FDI which seem to clearly differentiate developed
and developing countries (in the context of the US foreign investment thread,
imperial
