Sequential changes in the orientation of foreign investment contributes to narrow the technology gap

4/16/2016 0:00

BAGHDAD - Imad emirate

said academic d. Star Jaber Al- Omran , from the Faculty of Management and Economics at the University of Mustansiriya, that the World Bank identified direct investment as the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting administration (10 percent or more of voting stock), a property rights and the proceeds capital reinvested, and you know World trade Organization as any stable in a particular country investment activity, which owns assets in another country, in order to conduct these investments, hence the intended foreign direct investment is the transmission of foreign capital investment abroad directly in the industrial units, agricultural and construction service funding, and represents an incentive profit driver of these investments. export capacity , said Dr. Sattar Jaber, economic globalization and the opening up of export markets has led to a greater need to raise the competitiveness of the countries to increase their share of export, and became foreign direct investment flow is a global phenomenon, so that the developed countries have become or developing both vying for a greater share of this flow because it plays a role no matter how narrow the technology gap , including through the transfer of technology, as well as it is characterized by relatively stable compared to the indirect investment (investment in securities). and d. Star Jaber Some might think that the capital inflow takes a trend or a one way from developed countries to developing countries, that the reason for this belief is wrong is that the developed countries characterized by sizeable GDP size, and then the magnitude of the savings and investment rates, but in fact, the investment flows direct foreign to walk several directions, not one trend, there is a trend of developed countries to the developed countries and in the other direction from the developing countries (oil) to the developed countries, which takes a picture of foreign direct investment or the image of foreign indirect investment, there is a trend of developed countries to developing countries, as well as in the other direction is from developing countries to other developing countries. direct rents he d. Star Jaber has changed the level or foreign direct investment significantly between what it was at the beginning of the first quarter of the twentieth century and the reality of the case at present structure, it has been more than two - thirds of foreign direct investment flows from developed countries to developing countries, but that this things have changed now , and has become the most foreign direct investment is among developed countries and Aivhb to developing countries , only the proceeds of foreign direct investment, some Asian countries have been able to attract a large volume of foreign direct investment , which reflects the relative success in attracting such investments for the export market, also increased the size of investment from developing countries significantly over the past two decades and included Asian countries and countries in the European Union, becoming China 's largest investor in the UK. targeted sectors and concluded d. Star Jaber has accompanied this change is a change in the FDI structure by sector, while the focus in it in the first period and is based on the extraction of natural resources and the construction of railways in developing countries, for example , was the foreign investment ratio of 70 special percent in the United States US in developing countries focusing on industry, mining, petroleum and 26 percent in services and only 1 percent in the industry, but it has become in the beginning of the twenty - first century 14 percent and 5 percent and 27 percent respectively in the sectors mentioned, and thus keeping foreign direct investment goes towards manufacturing and services and not only in developing countries but even in developed countries.