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  • 1 - Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Development in Less Developed Countries

  • Petr Pavlínek, University of Nebraska, Omaha and Charles University, Prague
  • Book:
    Europe's Auto Industry
    Published online:
    07 March 2025
    Print publication:
    23 January 2025, pp 1-15
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    Chapter One reviews the history of foreign direct investment in less developed world regions and less developed countries and considers the empirical evidence about its effects on economic development. It critically evaluates main theoretical and conceptual perspectives on the effects of foreign direct investment in less developed countries. I argue two main points. First, the empirical evidence points strongly towards very uneven and limited positive long-term development effects of foreign direct investment in less developed countries. Second, mainstream and heterodox approaches to foreign direct investment came to contrasting conclusions about its potential long-term development effects in less developed countries.