Trends and Prospects for Cooperation of the CIS Countries in the Sphere of Foreign Direct Investments
The article deals with the current trends and prospects for cooperation of the CIS countries in the sphere of foreign direct investments. The investigation of investment cooperation between the CIS countries is of particular importance since Russia is a member of this regional organisation, which is interested in increasing economic growth rates. The relevance of the study is due to the high significance and objective need to study foreign direct investment as a means of further strengthening investment cooperation, search for new forms of economic cooperation. The author noted the method of SWOT-analysis and three possible scenarios of economic development of the CIS countries. The author has drawn conclusions concerning the key areas of development of investment relations of the CIS countries. The principal directions of cooperation between the CIS are the formation of special funds of all forms of ownership, agencies to attract foreign direct investment, support for innovation in the financial sphere and expansion of the use of national currencies in mutual settlements.