Summary of phd thesis in economics: Foreign direct investment towards sustainable development in the northern key economic region

Research Foreign direct investment towards sustainable development in the northern key economic region purposes: the thesis recommends main orientations and solutions in order to promote foreign direct investment towards sustainable development in NKER in the future.
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Summary of phd thesis in economics: Foreign direct investment towards sustainable development in the northern key economic region HO CHI MINH NATIONAL ACADEMY OF POLITICS TRAN THI TUYET LAN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TOWARDSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN KEY ECONOMIC REGION Major: Development economics Code: 62 31 05 01 SUMMARY OF PhD THESIS IN ECONOMICS HANOI - 2014 The thesis was finished at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Academic Supervisors: 1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Thi Khanh 2. Dr. Nguyen Tu Judge 1: .......................................................... .......................................................... Judge 2: .......................................................... .......................................................... Judge 3: .......................................................... .......................................................... The thesis will be defended in front of a panel ofexamining judges at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics At…,……., 2014 The thesis can be found for study at the National Library and the Library of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics 1 INTRODUCTION 1. The necessity of the research The Northern key economic region (NKER) is one of national keyeconomic regions. It is constructed and developed with the aim of maximizingthe comparative advantages of the region, creating economic zones that havemotivation nature, pervasive influence and capacity to help other regions todevelop. With its own advantages, in the past few years, NKER has been one ofthe two national key economic regions that take the lead in attracting FDI interm of the number of project and size of investment. FDI business sector inNKER has positive contribution to the region’s economic-social growth anddevelopment. However, the result of FDI attracting and the operation of theFDI business sector in NKER have shown negative effects which badlyinfluence the region’s sustainable development on 3 aspects: economy, societyand environmental protection… The phenomenon like transfer pricing and taxevasion occurring in FDI businesses and causing tax losses to the Governmentare quite popular and tend to keep increasing. The phenomena like the fact thatlabor’s material and spiritual life hasn’t received satisfactory attention; FDIbusinesses’ awareness of complying with the Law on Environment Protectionis not good enough, seen as the neglect of environmental development and theviolation of Law on Environment Protection, have done a big deal to theecological environment and health of the population in the area. Thosenegative effects are current enormous challenges to the sustainabledevelopment of NKER. With the above practical issues, further clarifications on FDI rationaletowards sustainable development; assessing FDI reality towards sustainabledevelopment in NKER and seeking for solutions for FDI attracting and FDIbusinesses’ management in order to preserve sustainable development ofNKER on the three aspects: economy, society and environment, are urgentrequirements. With the aim of meeting the requirements, the subject “Foreigndirect investment towards sustainable development in the Nothern keyeconomic region” was chosen for the research. 2. Purposes and tasks of the research - Research purposes: The thesis recommends main orientations andsolutions in order to promote foreign direct investment towards sustainabledevelopment in NKER in the future. 2 - Research tasks: (i) Systematizing and clarifying the rationale offoreign direct investment towards sustainable development of NKER; (ii)Learning the experiences of some Asian Countries about foreign directinvestment towards sustainable development of the key economic regions; (iii)Analyzing and assessing FDI reality towards sustainable development inNKER, which includes achievements, limitations and causes of limitations,weaknesses; (iv) Suggesting main orientations and solutions with the aim ofpromoting FDI towards sustainable development in NKER in the future. 3. Subject and scope of the research - Research subject: The research subject of the thesis is foreign directinvestment towards sustainable development in NKER. - Research scope: + In term of content: Foreign direct investment is related to two othersubjects: foreign investor and host country. The purpose of foreign investors isto gain profit while, to the host country, it is economic-social ...