A sectoral analysis of the role of Foreign Direct Investment in pollution and energy transition in OECD countries

2022 ◽  
Vol 302 ◽  
pp. 114018
Author(s):  
Rafaela Vital Caetano ◽  
António Cardoso Marques ◽  
Tiago Lopes Afonso ◽  
Isabel Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Sectoral Analysis

scholarly journals A Sectoral Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment on the Economic Growth of Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Kumar Phuyal ◽  
Seema Sunuwar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Sectoral Analysis ◽  
Formal Economy ◽  
Inferential Analysis ◽  
To Come

The role of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the economic growth is widely concerned in terms of increase in employment opportunities and for overall economic welfare, especially in developing nations like Nepal. On this context, this paper makes an attempt to examine the sector wise effects of FDI uneconomic growth in Nepal represented by gross domestic product (GDP) and FDI as dependent and independent variables respectively, thereby identifying the direct effect of FDI on GDP using 10 years (2007 to 2016) sect oral data as main source of the information. The entire result of the inferential analysis predicts that FDI of industry, tourism and agriculture sectors have a very positive and significant impact on GDP during the stipulated timeframe. In this line, findings suggest that the main stakeholders and government have to come up with new policy to open up foreign investment in other sectors as well which helps to move informal activities into formal economy. Finally, it is noted that formulation of new plan and policy will be a necessary condition but nonsufficient step for the development, so the key recommendations are made for the effective steps and actions to be taken by the concerned authority to review and implement the introduced plan and policies, which in turn, will help in flow of FDI to achieve, accelerate, and sustain the high rate of economic growth in Nepal.

Higher education, gender, and foreign direct investment: Evidence from OECD countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 095042222199727
Author(s):  
George Pantelopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Education Statistics ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of this study was to explore and empirically investigate the relationship between the labour force across educational levels and foreign direct investment (FDI), and to facilitate comparisons of education statistics and indicators across countries based on uniform and internationally agreed definitions. The analysis focuses on OECD countries. The empirical findings suggest that an educated labour force positively affects inward FDI. However, different educational levels do not have the same level of significance; tertiary education appears to have the greatest influence. As far as gender is concerned, the level of female participation in the workforce seems to be crucial in attracting FDI, and governments should therefore adopt policies to promote women’s empowerment.

Economic Actors' Lobbying Influence on the Prospects for War and Peace

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 863-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen G. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Special Interests ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government

AbstractPolitical scientists and economists have long been interested in the role of special interests in the policymaking process. In the past few years, a series of important new books have argued forcefully that the lobbying activities of economic actors have an important influence on the prospects for war and peace. All of these analyses claim that whether economic actors enhance or decrease the likelihood of conflict ultimately depends on the domestic political balance between economic actors who have a strong vested interest in pushing for peace versus those that do not. I advance two contrary arguments. At least among the advanced states, I posit there are no longer any economic actors who will be favorable toward war and who will lobby the government with this preference. All of the identified mechanisms that previously contributed to such lobbying in these states have been swept away with the end of colonialism and the rise of economic globalization. In particular, I show that the current structure of the global economy now makes it feasible for foreign direct investment to serve as an effective substitute for conquest in a way that was not possible in previous eras. My second argument concerns those economic actors in advanced states with a preference for peace. I posit that it has become unnecessary for them to directly lobby the government to avoid war on economic grounds because economic globalization—the accumulation of decisions by economic actors throughout the globe—now has sufficiently clear economic incentives for leaders.

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