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Foreign Investment: Making it Work for Sustainable Development

By Aaron Cosbey on October 8, 2003

This paper, written for the IISD Eastern Europe project's capacity building workshops, defines foreign direct investment, and asks how developing countries and economies in transition can best attract and manage investment that will result in sustainable development.

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Aaron Cosbey

Senior Associate

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Publisher: IISD

Copyright: IISD, 2003

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