Foreign Direct Investment for Development - （外国直接投资的发展,）.pdf

OVERVIEW Foreign Direct « Investment for Development MAXIMISING BENEFITS, MINIMISING COSTS © OECD, 2002. © Software: 1987-1996, Acrobat is a trademark of ADOBE. All rights reserved. OECD grants you the right to use one copy of this Program for your personal use only. Unauthorised reproduction, lending, hiring, transmission or distribution of any data or software is prohibited. You must treat the Program and associated materials and any elements thereof like any other copyrighted material. All requests should be made to: Head of Publications Service, OECD Publications Service, 2, rue André-Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France. Foreign Direct Investment for Development MAXIMISING BENEFITS, MINIMISING COSTS Overview ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT xxx Note by the editor This report was prepared within the framework of the activities of the Committee on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises (CIME). It is based on a study by the OECD Secretariat, which was reviewed by members and observers in the Committee at its meetings in December 2001 and April 2002. The process included consultations with the Business and Industry Advisory Committee, Trade Union Advisory Committee and other civil society partners of the Committee. This report has been approved for publication by the Committee. Introduction Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an integral part of an open and effective international economic system and a major catalyst to development. Yet, the ben- efits of FDI do not accrue automatically and evenly across countries, sectors and local communities. National policies and the international investment architecture matter for attracting F