Over 1 billion people currently live in slums, with the number of slum dwellers only expected
to grow in the coming decades. The vast majority of slums are located in and around urban …

In this chapter we explore the popular but controversial idea that developing countries
benefit from abandoning policy neutrality vis-a-vis trade, FDI and resource allocation across …

This article evaluates household welfare effects of large-scale agricultural investments in
Tanzania, one of the main recipients of such investments in Africa. Specifically, the article …

" Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development is not well understood.
The book identifies the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse …

Developing countries are attracting a significant portion of global foreign direct investments.
Governments of such countries often compete fiercely for attracting multinational …

This paper provides the first microeconomic cross-country analysis of the effects of foreign
ownership on wages, employment and worker turnover rates. Using firm-level and linked …

This volume is the culmination of Institute investigations on the relationship between foreign
direct investment (FDI) and development. Today, more than one-third of world trade takes …

We explore the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth, distinguishing
between mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and “greenfield” investment. A simple model …

We review the debate on the association of financial globalization with inequality. We show
that the within-country distributional impact of capital account liberalization is context specific …

The paper assesses the interconnections between FDI and human capital development in
Nigeria over the period 1981–2018. The analysis is carried out with the use of both non …