An Analysis of the Impact of Foreign Investment on Regional

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is said to boost the economic growth of the host country and FDI also is one of the factors that contribute to regional disparities because FDI typically tend to focus on the areas that offer economic advantages compared to those areas of backward regions. This study aimed to investigate the effect of FDI on economic development and regional disparities in a globalizing economy of Malaysia. It explores the proposition that regional disparities are linked to the FDI that come into the country. This study involved six areas of the Northern, Central, Eastern, Southern, Sabah and Sarawak Regions. The variables used involved dat