The “Power” of Planning: Politico-Economic Bargaining Power in Negotiating FDI & Investment Planning Capacity in Developing Economies: Chinese Investments in the Lao Energy Sector as a Case Study

• In Event: Asia in World Politics

Brief Overview

Evaluating how developing economies’ politico-economic bargaining power against foreign investors is determined by their sector-specific investment planning capacity, using Chinese investments in the Lao energy sector as a case.

Author

• Aaditee H Kudrimoti, Travers Department of Political Science & Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, UC Berkeley