MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES can provide DEVELOPING countries with many BENEFITS.
The possible BENEFITS that motivate the host country to give entry to multinational companies may include:
(1).....Improving the balance of payments - inward investment will usually help a country's balance of payments situation. The investment itself will be a direct flow of capital into the country and the investment is also likely to result in import substitution and export promotion. Export promotion comes due to the multinational using their production facility as a basis for exporting, while import substitution means that products previously imported may now be bought domestically.
(2).....Providing employment - FDI will usually result in employment benefits for the host country as most employees will be locally recruited. These benefits may be relatively greater given that governments will usually try to attract firms to areas where there is relatively high unemployment or a good labour supply.
(3).....Source of tax revenue - profits of multinationals will be subject to local taxes in most cases, which will provide a valuable source of revenue for the domestic government.
(4)....Technology transfer - multinationals will bring with them technology and production methods that are probably new to the host country and a lot can therefore be learnt from these techniques. Workers will be trained to use the new technology and production techniques and domestic firms will see the benefits of the new technology. This process is known as technology transfer.
(5).....Increasing choice - if the multinational manufactures for domestic markets as well as for export, then the local population will gain form a wider choice of goods and services and at a price possibly lower than imported substitutes.
(6)....National reputation - the presence of one multinational may improve the reputation of the host country and other large corporations may follow suite and locate as well.

1. Employment Opportunities 2. To increase standard of domestic companies when they come in competition 3. Economic and infrastructural Development4. Integration with rest of the world