Foreign Direct Investment and Economy of the Host Country(the CASE of Lebanon 1990-2005).pdf

1、Lebanon has a free-market economy and a strong traditional commerce,and its foreign investment is not bound.However,the investment climate suffers from corruption,bribery,fraud,arbitrary licensing decisions,complex civil

2、ization measures,outdatedlegislation,and weak intellectual property rights.The Lebanese economy is serviceoriented with main growth sectors in banking and tourism.The1975-90war in Lebanon seriously injured Lebanon's econ

3、omic infrastructure,cut national output by half,and derailed Lebanon's position as a Middle Eastern cache and banking center.In order to fix this economic situation,the key solution revolves around foreign direct investm

4、ent.FDI is an investment made to obtain long-term interest in enterprises operating outside of the economy of the investor.The investment is direct because the investor supervises,or has a significant power over the fore

5、ign enterprise.Exports and FDI have been key in China's quick economic growth.According to the World Bank,FDI an outer finance-is vital in developing the private sector in lower-income economies and in reducing poverty.F

6、DI,important for developing countries,is different from other main types of external private capital flows in that it is motivated mainly by the investors'long-term prediction for making earnings in productions they dire

7、ctly run.FDI allows the ingress of technology,develops human capital,and encourages rivalry in the domestic market.Profits generated by FDI add to corporate tax revenues in the host country.The aim of the paper is to sho