Extractive Industries
The VCC is working on promoting sustainability in extractive industry FDI, focusing on the challenges of governance and economic development.
Read more | Other current projectsThe Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC) is a leading forum on issues related to foreign direct investment, paying special attention to the impact of such investment on sustainable development. Its objectives are to analyze important topical policy-oriented issues related to FDI, develop and disseminate practical approaches and solutions, and provide students with a challenging learning environment.
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Recent publications:
- Columbia FDI Profile: Economic patriotism: Dealing with Chinese direct investment in the United States by Sophie Meunier et al.
- Columbia FDI Profile: Outward FDI from Brazil and its policy context, 2012 by Milton de Abreu Campanario, Eva Stal and Marcello Muniz da Silva
- Columbia FDI Perspective: The Arab Spring: How soon will foreign investors return? by Paul Antony Barbour, Persephone Economou, Nathan M. Jensen, and Daniel Villar
- Columbia FDI Profile: Inward FDI in Poland and its policy context, 2012 by Zbigniew Zimny
- EMGP Ranking: MOL Group, the petrol company, continues to lead the ranking of Hungarian multinationals