Wells, Donald A.2023-05-292023-05-291961-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/28324155 pagesForeign investments have been a traditional means less developed countries and areas to obtain resources from abroad and to develop more quickly than if there were no outside assistance. The types of investments and the conditions under which they take place have changed considerably, however. Today the governments of most capital-importing countries, and especially those from the less-developed areas of Latin America, Africa, and Asia, impose terms on the foreign investor in an attempt to ensure that Investments from abroad make the greatest possible contribution to the economic welfare of the host country. The less-developed countries which actively promote economic growth and attempt to minimize unemployment judge the contribution of foreign investments by their effects on the attainment of these national economic objectives.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-UStransfer of resourcesmeasurement of costsproblems of adjustmentThesis / Dissertation