Costs outweigh the benefits of foreign direct investment: FAO
Cambodia has been featured as a case study in a new report launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) focusing on the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing nations’ agricultural sectors. While the report acknowledges the positive effects of FDI in terms of job creation and infrastructure development within local communities, it concludes that in the Cambodian context, the costs of FDI projects tend to outweigh the benefits. …
