Foreign direct investment, in terms of globalization and the new economic order, give the important role of the engine of economic development. Technology, management skills, access to foreign markets are just some of the advantages to foreign direct investment. The economy of the Republic of Serbia at the beginning of the new millennium, faced a major problem of economic development, which is reflected in the lack of capital, without which it cannot solve the key developmental issues. Deep economic crisis, as a result of ten years of war and isolation, outdated technology and a lack of domestic capital, impose the need to attract foreign investment in order to ensure economic development. Such a state of Serbian economy suggests that foreign capital is an important means of its recovery.