Aid and Foreign Investments: The Swedish Case

Abstract

Beckman, B. Aid and Foreign Investments: The Swedish Case. Cooperation and Conflict, XIV, 1979, 133-148.

This article, which is a summary of a larger study, examines Swedish aid policy and its relation to Swedish private investments in Third World countries. Post-1976 governments have significantly shifted policy in favour of integrating private investments into official aid policy. Main attention is paid to two policy issues: investment guarantees and a fund to promote investments. The article also surveys the participation of private enterprise in SIDA's indus trial cooperation programme. It examines stands taken by Swedish governments, parliamen tary opposition, trade unions and the organisations of industry.