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Foreign Direct Investment to Encourage Sustainable Development in South America

Otero Lastra, Gabriela Isabel LU (2023) EKHS21 20231
Department of Economic History
Abstract
The seventeen sustainable development goals are the response of the United Nations to make efforts for economic growth, social development, and environmental conservation. International organizations, governments, and the private sector play a fundamental role to achieve the 2030 Agenda of sustainable development. The demand for financial sources brings attention to foreign investment as a source of capital for developing countries. This study aims to investigate if foreign investment effectively influences sustainable development between 2008 to 2019. With data from the World Bank for nine South American countries. This study calculates the economic dimension, social dimension, and environmental dimension to apply three regression models.... (More)
The seventeen sustainable development goals are the response of the United Nations to make efforts for economic growth, social development, and environmental conservation. International organizations, governments, and the private sector play a fundamental role to achieve the 2030 Agenda of sustainable development. The demand for financial sources brings attention to foreign investment as a source of capital for developing countries. This study aims to investigate if foreign investment effectively influences sustainable development between 2008 to 2019. With data from the World Bank for nine South American countries. This study calculates the economic dimension, social dimension, and environmental dimension to apply three regression models. The results show a positive and significant effect of FDI on the economic and social dimensions. While a negative and nonsignificant effect of FDI on the environmental dimension. The results suggest that FDI is favorable for economic and social development. Although this source of capital lacks to encourage sustainable development in the three dimensions. (Less)
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author
Otero Lastra, Gabriela Isabel LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS21 20231
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
sustainable development, economic growth, social development, environmental conservation, foreign direct investment, South America.
language
English
id
9129858
date added to LUP
2023-08-30 07:59:37
date last changed
2023-08-30 07:59:37
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  abstract     = {{The seventeen sustainable development goals are the response of the United Nations to make efforts for economic growth, social development, and environmental conservation. International organizations, governments, and the private sector play a fundamental role to achieve the 2030 Agenda of sustainable development. The demand for financial sources brings attention to foreign investment as a source of capital for developing countries. This study aims to investigate if foreign investment effectively influences sustainable development between 2008 to 2019. With data from the World Bank for nine South American countries. This study calculates the economic dimension, social dimension, and environmental dimension to apply three regression models. The results show a positive and significant effect of FDI on the economic and social dimensions. While a negative and nonsignificant effect of FDI on the environmental dimension. The results suggest that FDI is favorable for economic and social development. Although this source of capital lacks to encourage sustainable development in the three dimensions.}},
  author       = {{Otero Lastra, Gabriela Isabel}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Foreign Direct Investment to Encourage Sustainable Development in South America}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}