Foreign Direct Investment in Low Income Countries

 

Wednesday 29th/Thursday 30th June 2011

Organised by:

Dr. Randolph Luca Bruno at the Birmingham Business School, Department of Management (CREW) and Prof. Nauro Campos at DfID
(www.dfid.gov.uk)

Venue:
Hornton Grange, Conference Park, University of Birmingham

Programme

Day one - 29th June

Time Details
12.00 - 2.00 Registration and Buffet Lunch
2.00 - 3.00 Dr Randolph L Bruno, University of Birmingham & Professor Nauro Campos, Brunel University

Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Performance: A Systematic Review of the Evidence Uncovers a New Paradox

Discussant: Prof. Jim Love, (University of Birmingham)
3.00 - 4.00 Chiara Amini, SSEES, UCL

Foreign Direct Investment, Political stability and Property Rights in Resource Rich Countries

Discussant: Dr. Silvia Dal Bianco (University of Pavia)
4.00 – 4.30 Coffee break
4.30 – 5.30 Professor Nigel Driffield (with Dr Chris Jones), Aston University

Impact of FDI, ODA and Migrant Remittances on Economic Growth in Developing Countries: A Systems Approach

Discussant: Prof. Tomasz M Mickiewicz (SSEES, UCL)
7.00 -9.00 Evening Dinner at Hornton Grange Conference Park

Day two - 30th June

Time Details
9.00 – 9.15 Coffee & Refreshments
9.15 – 10.15 Dr Liza Jabbour, (with Dr. Xioaxuan Liu & Dr. Xufei Zhang, Un. of Manchestr and Middlesex), Un. of Birmingham,

The Linkage Potential of International Activities and the Scope for Technology Spillovers:  Evidence from China

Discussant: Dr. Marco Ercolani (University of Birmingham)

10.15 – 11.15 Dr Sumon Bhaumik, Aston University (with Dr. Ralitza Dimova Un. of Manchester)

The Link Between Foreign Direct Investment and Human Capital in the Manufacturing Sectors of LDCs

Discussant: Prof. Nauro Campos, (Brunel University, West London)

11.15 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12.45 Prof. Matthew Cole (with Prof. Robert JR Elliott), University of Birmingham

Some Foreign Firms are Better than Others:  In Search of Export Spillovers in Thailand

Discussant: Dr. Martin Falk (Wifo, Austrian Institute of Economic Research)