The Effects of Damaging FDI on IMF Conditionality

• In Event: Development Finance and Accountability: Explaining the Motivations and Impacts of Multilateral Lending and FDI on Local Communities

Brief Overview

I argue that states that have damaged foreign direct investment (FDI) in previous years are subject to stricter IMF conditionality. This effect is more pronounced among states that have harmed FDI from powerful IMF members.

Author

• Seung-Uk Huh, Saint Mary's College of Maryland