All of Scioteca
Communities & Collections By Issue Date Authors Titles Subjects Country / Region
Profiles
Our Authors
My Account
Login

Regulating Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America

Foreign investment plays a central role in Latin America’s current and future economic situation. Inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region have increased significantly and steadily over the past decade, as many developed countries (including those in North America, Europe and Asia) have begun to see Latin America as a key component of their economic growth strategies. This has resulted in an increase of FDI in sectors beyond traditional natural resource extraction, large-scale telecommunications and financial services. New trends indicate that FDI could spur economic dynamism in the region, such as increasing foreign investment in research and development and demand for more innovative consumer products. A potential growth path for the region includes continued inflows of foreign capital as a driver of increased domestic demand (de la Torre et al. 2013), and increased FDI inflows might offer significant productivity-enhancement potential through knowledge spillovers under certain circumstances (Lederman et al. 2013).

Abstract

Description

Subject

Banca comercial | Comercio internacional | Sector financiero | Finanzas públicas

País / Región

América Latina y el Caribe
América Latina y el Caribe

URI

https://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/701

Date

2013-10

Cite from this publication

Collections

1.2 Informes sectoriales

Endorsement

Review

Supplemented By

Referenced By

Thumbnail Image

Files

FDI IFC-CAF Final.pdf (2.18 MB)

Authors

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

CAF; IFC, The World Bank

Related Items

Thumbnail Image
Annual Report 2003

In an international context that started to turn slowly in favor of Latin America’s economies, the year yielded some signs of recovery and a renewal...

Thumbnail Image
Capital Controls and Firm Performance: The Effects of the Chilean Encaje

This paper studies the effects of the capital controls imposed by Chile between 1991 and 1998, i.e. the Chilean encaje, on firms' production, investment and...

Thumbnail Image
What do non-renewable natural resource rich countries do with their rents?

This paper examines three sets of questions related to the use of non-renewable natural resource rents: (1) To what extent countries rich in non-renewable natural...

Thumbnail Image
N° 10. Towards a new agenda in Foreign Direct Investment. Trends and realities in Latin America

This study presents three main aspects: the behavior of foreign investment in Latin America that is characterized based on various indicators, the relevance that Asian...

Thumbnail Image
Movilization of Private Finance 2023 Report

The 2023 Multilateral Development Banks Report highlights a record year in private finance mobilization by Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). The report reveals that total private...

Thumbnail Image
Annual Report 2005

In 2005, Latin America once again exhibited a positive macroeconomic performance, partially as a result of favorable international conditions and the resumption of foreign capital...