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Can language training increase the benefits of foreign direct investment?

Yangon, Myanmar, February 7 2016. Inside garment factory on outskirts of city. Simon Roughneen, Shutterstock
Research by EGC affiliate Amit Khandelwal and coauthors finds that language barriers constrain knowledge transfer within multinational corporations operating in low- and middle-income countries, limiting the potential benefits of foreign direct investment.