text New YorkUS UN 2000 monographic Focuses on the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on industrial restructuring in selected industries in some developing countries. Examines how FDI affects the ability of economic actors - directly, foreign affiliates, and indirectly, local firms or the economy at large - to compete better in a globalizing world, primarily by raising, upgrading and diversifying exports. 12/8/00 JOY_D FOREIGN INVESTMENT 11.03.03 U589