How resource rich countries attract foreign direct investments: a study of Western Asian countries and strategies of industrialization and diversification

Fuel is a self-depleting resource and long term dependency on this commodity alone will not suffice. An export trade oriented approach can lead to faster industrialization while diversification leads to economic sustainable growth. This research seeks to understand how countries compete for foreign direct investments, and how certain activities have the most impact in the competitive global marketplace. Research suggests that when companies decide to invest abroad, they seek only to find countries that facilitate their strategic objectives. The results conclude with appropriate levels of government accountability, credibility and visibility with the private sector, foreign direct investment is attracted by policy advocacy and policy reform. By reviewing countries such as United Arab Emirates in direct comparison to Western Asian countries, including Kuwait and Iraq with high levels of fuel exports, along with Qatar with optimistic marketplace indicators and plentitude of skills and capabilities – research seems to suggest that despite high capabilities and attractive GDP, promotional investment activities yield the highest returns using policy advocacy and reform.

Estudio preliminar de los efectos de la industrialización de postguerra sobre la composición de las importaciones y la vulnerabilidad externa en América Latina = Preliminary study of the effects of post-war industrialization on import structures and external vulnerability in Latin America

Incluye Bibliografía

Quality of Latin American and Caribbean industrialization and integration into the global economy

Includes bibliography

Protectionism and industrialization in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Algunas conclusiones relativas a la integración, la industrialización y el desarrollo económico de América Latina = Some conclusions on integration, industrialization and economic development in Latin America

Incluye Bibliografía

Exports and industrialization in Argentina, 1973-1986

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Restructuring of production and territorial change: a second industrialization hub in Northern Mexico

Includes bibliography

Apparel-based industrialization in the Caribbean Basin: a threadbare garment?

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The motive ideas behind three industrialization processes

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Exports and industrialization in an orthodox model: Chile, 1973-1978

Includes bibliography

The industrialization debate in Latin America

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Some reflections on South-East Asian export industrialization

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The subsidiary role of direct foreign investment in industrialization: the Colombian manufacturing sector

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Modification of the industrialization model in Latin America

Esboza los trazos principales de interpretacion del proceso de industrializacion desde la decada de los anos 30 hasta el presente. Aborda el tema central de la transformacion del modelo hasta ahora predominante de industrializacion. Propone una estrategia industrial basada en el crecimiento hacia adentro, mediante la creacion de industrias de bienes de capital y de consumo masivo, la continuacion del proceso de sustitucion selectiva de importaciones, el establecimiento de criterios claros de division del trabajo dentro de la region, y la aplicacion de una politica selectiva y dinamica de insercion en los mercados de los paises centrales.