Overview

This title poses a challenge to the consensus on the best way to reform legal systems in order to attract and support foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. Using detailed examples from Sri Lanka, it shows that the ""ideal paradigm"" approach to legal reform espoused by multilateral development organizations and bilateral aid donors is not only fundamentally flawed, but misconceived for reasons that we may not fully understand. The author recommends a shift in emphasis from the ""global"" legal reform agenda to a country-specific approach, based on a rigorous formulation of the common ground where the expectations of investors and the countries in question meet. The crux of this ""ideal paradigm"" approach resides in the generally accepted belief that a Western-style market-oriented, rule-bound legal system is the sine qua non of successfully attracting and supporting FDI. However, through a wide-ranging survey of Sri Lankan and foreign business people, lawyers, non-legal advisers, NGO workers, diplomats, development workers, and government officials, Perry shows that this is far from the case. Investors are generally insensitive to the nature of the host state legal system when making the decision to invest, and their perceptions and expectations of the host state legal system may be significantly affected by such factors as their nationality, export orientation and size. Perry suggests that the conclusions drawn from this detailed analysis from Sri Lanka, applied on a global scale, have the potential to greatly improve the quality of many developing countries' participation in the world economy. The positive and forward-looking thesis of this book will be of great value to policymakers in international organisations and donor government agencies, to law firms handling international business transactions, and to academics in development and other areas of international finance, as well as to investors everywhere.

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Author:   Amanda Perry
Publisher:   Kluwer Law International
Imprint:   Kluwer Law International
Volume:   v. 13
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9789041198532

ISBN 10:   9041198539
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 August 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations. List of Tables. List of Figures. List of Charts. Acknowledgements. Part 1: Introduction: Objectives, Importance and Method of the Research. 1. Selection of case study. 2. Overview of research methods. 3. Interviews. 4. Questionnaire. 5. Research problems. 6. Structure of the study. Part 2: Review of Theoretical Positions on Legal Systems as a Determinant of FDI. 1. The Determinants of FDI. 2. Legal Systems as a Factor in Investment Decisions. 3. An Ideal Institutional Paradigm for FDI? Part 3: Case Study of Sri Lanka. 4. Foreign Investment in Sri Lanka. 5. The Legal System as a Factor in the Decision Making Process of Foreign Investors. 6. The Ideal Paradigm and Attracting FDI to Sri Lanka decisions. 7. The Possible Role of Investor and Investment Characteristics. Part 4: Reappraisal of Theory and Conclusions. Bibliography. Appendices. 1: Questions Around which Interviews Were Conducted. 2: Questionnaire. 3: Ratings Allocated to Questionnaire Responses. 4: Interviewees. 5: Characteristics of Respondent Companies. 6: 'Non Responses' to Questionnaire. Index.

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