Foreign direct investment and its role in economic development: Do we need a new agenda?

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 447-464

  Lall, Sanjaya ^a   Narula, Rajneesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 11144322174     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0957881042000266589     Document Type: Article

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