ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines the issues surrounding the regulation of Foreign direct investment (FDI). It discusses the theories that have had major influence in past decades on the formulation of investment rules and their shortcomings and strengths were found to be neo-classical economics, dependency theory and theories of State intervention in economic development. The book describes the weaknesses of the current national and international rules on FDI both in terms of these theories and in terms of the limitations of their coverage. It scrutinises the strategies of the key international players for global investment rules, their contradictions, and the main issues surrounding the debate. The book proposes an alternative model for global regulation of FDI. It demonstrates that the positions of each of the key international players have their own limitations.
