Fdi in Latin America and central Asia: A comparative analysis between Peru and Uzbekistan

Abstract

The majority of the developing economies worldwide use foreign capital inflows so as to achieve economic growth, to enable the host country's productivit and to improve the standard of living. A significant amount of FDI is absorbed by th developing economies of Latin American and Central Asia. The cases of Peru an Uzbekistan are chosen so as to investigate the impact of the FDI on the economi growth of these countries performing a comparative analysis. It is argued that bot countries performed economic and political reforms in order to improve thei attractiveness and to become top FDI destinations.