Central Asia is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for foreign direct investment
(FDI). Although a first wave of foreign investments targeted Central and Eastern Europe in …

There is a continuing debate on the effectiveness of development aid. One less obvious
angle on this issue is the question of the likely impact of aid on foreign direct investment …

This paper investigates the relationship between foreign aid (ODA), foreign direct investment
(FDI) and their effect on domestic investment in five landlocked and emerging economies of …

This book project emerged from conversations between the editors during the Central
Eurasian Studies Society conference at Harvard University in fall 2003. We discussed the …

Kyrgyzstan pursued the market-based reform in the process of transition. Based on the
literature review and statistical data covering 1990s-2010s, this paper explains economic …

As middle-income countries have grown their manufacturing sectors considerably over
recent decades, attention has turned to countries that fall at the bottom of the industrial …

In 1991, Kyrgyzstan gained its independence, and started establishing direct links with the
world beyond the Soviet frontier. To conduct foreign relations Kyrgyzstan opened its …

Foreign direct investment can help developing countries to participate in various segments
of the supply chain as these countries can benefit from additional knowledge, improved …

This paper aims to determine the typology of clothing manufacturing subsidiaries located in
host territories based on the upgrading strategy and the use of analytics followed by the …

The poet Evgeny Baratynsky wrote of the two fates confronted by the young and ardent and
the old and measured, and surmised about the choice each group will make. At first glance …