Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Kumar, Nagesh
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Title: Changing Character of Foreign Direct Investment from Developing Countries: Case Studies from Asia
Abstract: FDI flows originating in developing countries have evolved in terms of increasing
	 magnitudes as well as in terms of their motivations. In the initial round,
	 developing country FDI were essentially horizontal in nature, generally destined to
	 other developing countries seeking markets. Using case studies of FDI from selected
	 Asian developing countries, the paper shows that since the mid-1980s, developing
	 country enterprises have increasingly used FDI as a strategic tool for promoting
	 their competitiveness abroad. This transformation has ensued from recent global
	 trends of emergence of regional trading blocs, rising protectionism in the
	 industrialised countries, and rising wages and currency appreciations in certain
	 developing countries.
Keywords: Foreign Investment, Direct Investment, Developing Countries, Asia
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 1995
Number: 16
File-URL: http://www.intech.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/9516.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:199516