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Foreign direct investment (FDI) The acquisition abroad of physical assets such as plant and equipment, with operating control residing in the parent corporation. Foreign Direct Investment Major investment by a foreign corporation. A common example of FDI is a situation in which a foreign company comes into a country to build or buy a factory. Many economists believe that FDI is good for an economy, as it provides jobs and increases domestic capital. Critics point out that profits from FDI usually leave the country and go to the foreign company. Encouraging FDI is a major part of some IMF restructuring programs. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Chinese corporate executives and government officials will meet with US counterparts in a two-day forum to update on developments in foreign direct investments and portfolio investing. The earlier discussion in India on foreign inflows has tended to revolve around the benefits and costs of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and the problem of capital flight rather than those of short term financial inflows (Chandra, N. companies derived more than $84 billion in profits from foreign direct investments and repatriated almost $32 billion via dividend distributions; U. |
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