20世纪 90年代初以来 ,国际范围内直接投资的数量和方向都发生了显著的变化。在七八十年代一直处于国际资本市场边缘的发展中国家 ,现在已成为资本流动的主要目的地。 80年代中期 ,在全世界吸收的资金总量中 ,发展中国家吸引的资金不足 1 5 % ,而 1 998年这一比重已达 4 2 % 1 Since the early 1990s, significant changes have taken place in both the quantity and direction of direct investment in the international arena. The developing countries that have been on the brink of international capital markets in the 1970s and 1980s have now become the major destinations for capital flows. In the mid-1980s, less than 15% of the total funds absorbed by the developing countries were absorbed by developing countries, up from 42% in 1998