Assess the role of foreign capital investment in the development of your country. 

Positive contribution

• It closes the saving-investment gap; the foreign capital into the country increases the national saving ability which finally leads to improvement in investment.
• It bridges the technological gap; foreign capital investment leads to transfer of technologies into the country.
• Development of skills; foreign capital investment impart new skills to the existing labour force
• Acceleration of growth of industrial sector and increased output.
• Development of infrastructure; foreign capital investment may necessity improvement in existing infrastructures such as road network, electricity distribution and education facilities to much the growing investment
• Production of wide variety of quality products
• Promotes efficiency of the local firm due competition and research accompanying foreign capital investment.
• Promotes international co-operation
• Fills manpower gap; foreign capital investment to a country in form of manpower solves the problem of inadequate manpower in the country.
• It is a source of revenue to the country through taxation
• Provides employment to local people through job creation
• Fills the foreign exchange gap through increasing the volume of exports

Negative contribution

• Accelerated capital outflow; increased government payments abroad and profit or income repatriation by foreign investors.
• Worsens external dependence; on foreign investors
• Local firms are out competed cause loss of employment
• It may be expensive to the government through subsidies to the investors.
• Leads to rural-urban migration because most investors prefer to invest in urban areas.
• Worsen income inequality because production resource are controlled by a few people.
• Cause regional imbalance when investment is concentrated in developed areas the provide market to the outputs.