Foreign Direct Investment in the States of the Former USSR
Foreign Direct Investment in the States of the Former USSR

Author: Keith Crane

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9780821322697

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The performance of labor markets is important both for the smooth functioning of the economy, and in providing accurate signals about labor supply and demand to the education and training sector. This examination of Bank country economic and sector reports from 1985-90 finds increasing attention to labor market issues over time. Wages and unemployment are the issues most often and most thoroughly treated in economic reports. Issues are treated most often and comprehensively in rapidly-growing countries with high levels of human resource development (high primary enrollment rates). While the Bank has given attention to labor market issues in the analysis of country economic and education sector reports, these issues have not been accorded priority in the policy dialogue with governments. The best predictor of attention to labor market issues in the policy dialogue is through analysis. More attention to labor markets early in the Bank-country dialogue will help build support for politically-sensitive labor market reforms and lead to better integration of labor market issues into the policy dialogue.

Foreign Investment in Russia and the Other Soviet Successor States
Foreign Investment in Russia and the Other Soviet Successor States

Author: Yuri Adjubei

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1349248924

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This volume identifies and analyses the extent to which Russia and the other Soviet successor states are likely to attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI) to the turn of the century and beyond. Although these countries have been growing recipients of FDI, Western multinationals remain cautious, and have to date been slow to commit large investment sums. The book binds together the current theoretical knowledge of foreign capital and technology transfers to Eastern Europe with a close examination of the investment strategy of multinationals in six successor states, namely the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The book assembles a group of internationally respected contributors, who have made a distinct contribution to our understanding of multinationals operating in the area.

Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Author: David Turnock

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-28

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1351158104

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With the achievement of further EU and NATO enlargement, a critical political and economic lens is now focused on East Central Europe and, to a lesser extent, the other former communist states. Economic growth in each transition state - and more broadly the region - pivots around the prospects for foreign direct investment (FDI), with decisions on where foreign investors will locate their projects now vitally important. This book - the first one devoted to a geographical survey concentrating specifically on FDI in the region - brings together a wide range of prominent authors from the US and Europe, including the late Frank Carter, to provide a timely and critical examination of the importance of foreign investment. It presents a detailed analysis of location patterns and their significance for regional development, with particular emphasis given to the important socioeconomic and political consequences of uneven distribution of FDI across the region and its constituent countries. Divided into two parts, the book first deals with general overarching themes and issues before applying these to more specific country case studies. The second part deals with regional studies, focusing broadly on the Western Balkans and Bulgaria, before looking at specific economic sectors in individual countries.

Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer in the Former Soviet Union
Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer in the Former Soviet Union

Author: David A. Dyker

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Contributors from Russia, the Ukraine, and Western Europe study how international investors have decided whether and in which sectors to invest in the transitional economies of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Despite its key role, the authors of these nine papers concede that the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic investment, production, and stability is complexly indirect. Tables furnish data on GDP, FDI specifics, and related economic indicators. Based on a report to the European Commission: Foreign Investment in the Former Soviet Union: a Key to Investment Efficiency in the Late Transition Period. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Credibility of Economic Reform and Foreign Direct Investment in the Former Soviet Union Region
Credibility of Economic Reform and Foreign Direct Investment in the Former Soviet Union Region

Author: Yuri Y. Yermakov

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13:

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For example, we show that if there is no pre-commitment mechanism it is possible that the government could be interested in increasing the level of reform efforts during the initial stages of reform. This can increase the probability of political reversal which is of a great concern of all private investors. We show that a pre-commitment solution is more desirable comparing to the time consistent solution and that a pre-commitment mechanism is required to enhance the credibility of the pre-commitment solution. And we propose such a mechanism that together with other pre-commitment mechanism can be applied in transition economies, especially in the initial stages of the reform.