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We use recent advances in panel data econometrics to revisit this con-\nventional wisdom that has shaped decades of policy advise. Our approach is the\nfirst in this literature that disentangles the effects of policy-relevant changes in ab-\nsorptive capacities from time-invariant country fundamentals that policies cannot\nalter. Using a sample of approximately 120 countries over five decades, we find\nthat time-invariant country fundamentals explain most heterogeneity in the FDI-\ngrowth nexus. Among the four policy-relevant capacities examined, only greater\ntrade openness plausibly enhances this nexus. And even in this case, fewer than\n10% of countries fail to reach the threshold where FDI appears growth-enhancing.\nBy contrast, improving human capital, financial development, and institutional\nquality do not robustly increase the benefits from FDI, and may even dampen\nthem. 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