An Analysis on the Weakness of HAITI in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment.pdf

1、Foreign Direct Investment(FDI)plays a positive role in economic development,acquisition of new technology,employment creation,poverty reduction etc.It also appears as a way to provide the needed capital inflow to stimula

2、te growth and reduce poverty in a domestic economy.All national economies are competing to attract multinational companies by creating a safe environment and have been undertaken various policy incentives to attract FDI

3、because the internal capacity to finance development is extremely limited in poor countries.Haiti,the poorest country in the hemisphere and one of the poorest countries in the world,faces many problems that are unique in

4、 the Caribbean region and its reputation vis-A-vis other regional distributions for FDI is not favorable.Haiti also faces many problems affecting its investment climate.The stock of FDI is not very large,reflecting the c

5、ountry's lack of attractiveness to foreign capital compared to others Caribbean and Central America countries.According to the annual classification of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTD)of coun

6、tries by how they do in attracting FDI inflows,Haiti always appears among the countries with low FDI potential and performance.This topic has been chosen to make an analysis on the weakness of Haiti in attracting FDIThe

7、study starts by reviewing FDI literature and presents the background of FDI in Haiti,the stock of FDI and FDI inflows in Haiti and other Caribbean countries.It presents the theory of FDI,the determinants of FDI,the inves

8、tment climate in Haiti and analyzes the factors preventing Haiti to attract a considerable amount of FDI compared to some neighborhood countries.It also presents Haiti's performance in terms of FDI inflows with respect t

9、o other Caribbean and Central America countries.We evaluate,starting from econometric models,the negative effects of some variables on low FDI inflows in Haiti.Finally we present certain recommendations for improving Hai