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Published by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - UNCTAD
WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 1991
The Triad In Foreign Direct Investment
This first volume in the World Investment Report series analyses the
Triad (Japan, the European Community and the United States) in terms of
foreign direct investment.
It looks at the role transnational corporations play in promoting
regional economic integration around the three poles of the Triad,
describes the linkages between foreign direct investment and
trade, technology and financial flows, and
highlights policy implications for developing countries and the
international community.
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Table of contents
Preface - Contents - List of tables - List of figures - List of boxes
Introduction
Chapter I
Global Trends in foreign direct
investments
A. The increasing importance of foreign direct
investment
B. Regional distribution
C. Sectoral patterns of foreign direct
investment
D. Policies affecting foreign direct investment
Chapter II
Patterns of foreign direct investment in the
Triad
A. The Triad members: the United States, the European Community, and Japan
B. Intra-Triad investment relationships
C. Regional networks of Japanese trasnational
corporations
D. The Triad, developing the Central and Eastern European
Countries
Chapter III
Interlinkages
A. Foreign direct investment and international
trade
B. Transnational corporations and technology
transfer
C. Transnational corporations and financial
flows
D. The intergrating agents: transnational
corporations
Chapter IV
Policy Implications
A. The growing role of foreign direct investment in the
world economy
B. The issue of governance
C. Policy implications for improving investment flows to
developing countries
Footnotes
Annex.- Indicators of the significance of foreign affiliates in selected
host economies, mid- to late 1980s
Selected UNCTAD publications on Transnational
Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment, and Questionnaire
Book information:
UN Symbol: ST/CTC/118 -
Sales no.: E.91.II.A.12
Date of publication: 01/08/91 -
ISBN:92-1-104370-0
No. of pages: 110 - To order: Order
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