Foreign investment and sustainable development
Subtitle: lessons from the Americas
By: [a report by the] Working Group on Development and Environment in the Americas ; edited by Kevin P. Gallagher [and three others]
Contributors: Gallagher, Kevin, 1968- editor; Tufts University. Global Development and Environment Institute
Publisher: Heinrich Böll Foundation North America
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Foreign Investments; Sustainable development; Economic policy; Economic conditions; Economic history
Description: "The report ... is the product of a series of studies conducted by development and environmental economists from the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Costa Rica. Drawing on case studies from across the region -Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela- the Working Group examined how foreign investment during the reform period has affected economic growth, environmental policy and performance, and the countriesʹ political economy." (p. 5).

"The report ... is the product of a series of studies conducted by development and environmental economists from the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Costa Rica. Drawing on case studies from across the region -Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela- the Working Group examined how foreign investment during the reform period has affected economic growth, environmental policy and performance, and the countries# political economy....
Notes: This policy report is the product of international collaboration among many people and organizations, in addition to members of the Working Group on Development and Environment in the Americas wich is hosted by Tuftsʹ Global Development and Environment Institute.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary / Kevin P. Gallagher and Andrés López; title: I. Latin America in comparative perspective: does foreign investment lay a foundation for economic growth? / Manuel Agosin; title: II. Brazil: MNCs and industrial upgrading / Célio Hiratuka; title: III. Mexico: the impacts of FDI in manufacturing / Enrique Dussel Peters; title: IV. Argentina: foreign investment and sustainable development? / Daniel Chudnovsky and Andrés López; title: V. Costa Rica: the unrealized potential of FDI for development / Jose Cordero and Eva Paus; title: VI. Uruguay/Argentina: international commitments and sustainable development: lessons from the Paper Pulp Mill Conflict in Fray Bentos / Martina Chidiak; title: VII. Chile and Brazil: does FDI promote or undermine sustainable forest industries? / Nicola Borregaard, Annie Dufey, and Lucy Winchester; title: VIII. Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela: natural resources and foreign investors: a tale of three andean countries / Leonardo Stanley; title: IX. Brazil: are foreign firms cleaner than domestic firms? / Luciana Togeiro de Almeida and Sueila dos Santos Rocha; title: X. Mexico: sustainable FDI in Mexicoʹs IT sector: missing links, dashed hopes / Lyuba Zarsky and Kevin P. Gallagher; title: Epilogue: globalization, FDI and development / Nagesh Kumar.