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Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2017/2018 : Foreign Investor Perspectives and Policy Implications

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This inaugural issue of the World Bank Group’s Global Investment Competitiveness Report presents novel analytical insights and empirical evidence on foreign direct investment’s (FDI) drivers and contributions to economic transformation.

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  • World Bank [WB], 2017. "Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2017/2018 : Foreign Investor Perspectives and Policy Implications," Working Papers id:12293, eSocialSciences.
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