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The Triad (E.U., U.S.A, and Japan) in Foreign Direct Investment UNCTAD: World Development Investment 1991 Table of contents IntroductionChapter I Global Trends
A. The increasing importance of foreign direct investment
B. Regional distribution
C. Sectoral patterns of foreign direct investment
D. Policies affecting foreign direct investmentChapter II Patterns of foreign direct investment in the Triad
A. The Triad members
B. Intra-Triad investment relationships
C. Regional networks of Japanese trasnational corporations
D. The Triad, developing the Central and Eastern European CountriesChapter III Interlinkages
A. Foreign direct investment and international trade
B. Transnational corporations and technology transfer
C. Transnational corporations and financial flows
D. The integrating agents: transnational corporationsChapter IV Policy Implications
A. The growing role of foreign direct investment in the world economy
B. The issue of governance
C. Policy implications for improving investment flows to developing
countriesAnnex
Indicators of the significance of foreign affiliates in selected host economies, mid- to
late 1980s. Selected
UNCTAD publications on Transnational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment
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