Harish, Nikki;
Plouffe, Michael;
(2025)
The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries.
Global Perspectives
, 6
(1)
, Article 151693. 10.1525/gp.2025.151693.
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Abstract
We provide an introductory survey of the academic literature addressing the political and economic issues surrounding foreign direct investment in developing countries. We begin with an examination of the motivations behind foreign direct investment before turning to governance issues relating to the attraction and harnessing the consequences of international investments, which extend well beyond questions of employment and economic growth. We then turn to the investment treaty regime and the ways in which it has decreased developing states’ policy spaces. Ultimately, while foreign direct investment has been promoted as a pathway for economic development, it has proven to be a double-edged sword.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1525/gp.2025.151693 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1525/gp.2025.151693 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | fdi, foreign direct investment, political economy, development |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10219132 |
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