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Revista Ingenierías Universidad de Medellín

versão impressa ISSN 1692-3324versão On-line ISSN 2248-4094

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ARANGO VIEIRA, Luis Carlos. The impact of foreign direct investment on developing economies and the environment. Rev. ing. univ. Medellin [online]. 2009, vol.8, n.14, pp.111-128. ISSN 1692-3324.

All of us that are concerned about the environment should ask if the increase in capital mobility associated with the world-wide process of liberalization, deregulation and privatization known as the Neo-liberal global regime has contributed to the problems of higher emissions, ozone layer destruction, and pollution of water sources, as well as to create false economic bubbles that lead to increase consumption in these regions and force the poor to destroy the environment in order to survive and cope with the roles their society demands. Neo-liberal practices such as those enforced in developing countries like Colombia, seeking to attract foreign investment to push their economies tend to generate a false aggregated demand growth, that in most cases is not sustainable in the long term, and thus high global unemployment, unleash destructive competitive processes, and weaken government's ability to regulate business in the citizens best interests. The forces of global Neo-liberalism are now so powerful that it has become difficult if not impossible for countries like Colombia to maintain non-Neo-liberal economic structures, in which countries are forced to deregulate FDI policies and receive inflows of capital no matter the terms and the objectives as long as it helps to maintain consumption levels.

Palavras-chave : Capital Mobility; EKC: Environmental Kuznet Curve; FDI: Foreign Direct Investment; Neo-liberal Regime; Emmissions; Ozone Layer; Pollution; Economic bubble; Consumption.

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