Is foreign direct investment good for the poor? A review and stocktake

Development in Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 269-285

  Sumner, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 21844470017     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520500076183     Document Type: Review

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