Additional support for the use of Openness as a mover of FDI can be found in discussions on the ease of ingress and egress of liquidity and securities. The ease with which investors can move capital in and out of a country (the openness of the economy) is an important determinant of FDI flows (Chakrabarti 2001). Countries with capital controls and restrictive trade policies discourage inflows of FDI, compared to countries with liberal policies. Most of the studies on FDI in developing countries have identified a positive relationship between openness and FDI (Onyeiwu and Shrestha 2004, 95).