This OECD report responds to the international community's reinvigorated efforts to mobilise foreign direct investment in support of development. The Doha Development Agenda, the Monterrey Consensus, the New Partnership for Africa's Development, the 2002 OECD Ministerial and the Johannesburg World Summit all underscore the importance of international investment in achieving sustainable development goals and ensuring that poor countries are not left behind and benefit from globalisation.

Foreign Direct Investment for Development represents the first comprehensive OECD study of the development dimensions of foreign direct investment (FDI). It is the result of extensive work and consultation by the OECD investment policy community on a wide number of issues, including:* What is the impact of FDI on macroeconomic growth?
* What is the link with trade integration?
* How can FDI best contribute to technology diffusion and human capital formation in the local economy?
* Is FDI beneficial for sound competition, enterprise restructuring and corporate governance?
* How does it affect social and environmental performance of the host countries?

* What are the policy requirements to maximise the benefits and minimise the costs of FDI?While possible drawbacks of FDI are reviewed, one of the main findings of the report is that the benefits generally outweigh the costs by a wide margin. Yet the benefits of FDI do not accrue automatically. Policies matter greatly for developing countries' ability to reap fully these benefits. The report reviews main areas for consideration by policy-makers, together with supporting actions from developed countries and the role of responsible international business.Building on this work and other similar initiatives, the OECD is committed to engaging non-member countries and civil society partners in experience sharing and dialogue to enhance the role of international investment as a catalyst for poverty alleviation in the world as a whole.

经合组织的这份报告回应了国际社会为动员外国直接投资支持发展而重新作出的努力。《多哈发展议程》、《蒙特雷共识》、《非洲发展新伙伴关系》、2002年经合组织部长级会议和约翰内斯堡世界首脑会议都强调了国际投资对实现可持续发展目标和确保穷国不落在后面并从全球化中受益的重要性。
外国直接投资促进发展是经合组织首次对外国直接投资的发展层面进行的全面研究。这是经合组织投资政策界就一系列问题进行广泛工作和磋商的结果，包括：*外国直接投资对宏观经济增长有何影响？
*与贸易一体化有什么联系？
*外国直接投资如何才能最好地促进当地经济中的技术扩散和人力资本形成？
*外国直接投资是否有利于健全的竞争、企业重组和公司治理？
*它如何影响东道国的社会和环境绩效？
*在审查外国直接投资可能存在的缺点的同时，报告的一个主要结论是，外国直接投资的好处通常远远大于成本。然而，外国直接投资的好处并不是自动产生的。政策对发展中国家充分获得这些好处的能力至关重要。报告审查了供决策者审议的主要领域，以及发达国家的支持行动和负责任的国际企业的作用，经合组织致力于让非成员国和民间社会伙伴参与经验分享和对话，以加强国际投资作为全世界减贫催化剂的作用。