Fdi in Pakistan
Contents LETTER OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 INTRODUCTION 3 WHAT IS FDI? 3 CLASSIFICATION OF FDI 3 CLASSIFIATION OF A FOREIGN INVESTOR 3 IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TO A COUNTRY 3 INCENTIVES OF FDI 4 FDI AND THE CURRENT SITUATION GLOBALLY 5 FDI Flow 6 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN PAKISTAN 7 TRADE TRENDS IN PAKISTAN 9 FDI IN PAKISTAN (THE CURRNET SITUATION) 9 STRUCTURAL PATTERN OF FDI IN PAKISTAN 13 CONCLUSION AND RECCOMENDATIONS 14 REFERENCES 19
LETTER OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It has been a pleasure to be Mr. Sharique Ayubi’s student. I would like to thank him for giving us the chance to prepare a financial institutions report.
His lectures have been very interesting and motivating. I am extremely grateful to him and appreciate his efforts for providing us full support, encouragement and valuable guidance.
Sincere regards,
SANNA SARWAR (7896)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report highlights the importance of FDI in Pakistan. Pakistan has currently been in global limelight due to it’s assistance and support to the American government against the Taliban’s. But this has coasted the country a lot economically, it’s social structure is almost shaken by the blasts and uncertainty in the country. Like any other economics factor FDI has also been adversely affected especially in the past two years. This report mentions the structural pattern of FDI in Pakistan and gives out some of the possible recommendations to improve FDI inflows. The aim of this report is to make the reader aware of the importance of the Foreign Direct Investment to any country and then specifications has been made to Pakistan. The facts have been supported by data taken from authentic sources and comparison has been made of FDI inflows over the year.
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS FDI?
Foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to long term participation by country one country into another country. It is foreign ownership of productive assets,
LETTER OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It has been a pleasure to be Mr. Sharique Ayubi’s student. I would like to thank him for giving us the chance to prepare a financial institutions report.
His lectures have been very interesting and motivating. I am extremely grateful to him and appreciate his efforts for providing us full support, encouragement and valuable guidance.
Sincere regards,
SANNA SARWAR (7896)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report highlights the importance of FDI in Pakistan. Pakistan has currently been in global limelight due to it’s assistance and support to the American government against the Taliban’s. But this has coasted the country a lot economically, it’s social structure is almost shaken by the blasts and uncertainty in the country. Like any other economics factor FDI has also been adversely affected especially in the past two years. This report mentions the structural pattern of FDI in Pakistan and gives out some of the possible recommendations to improve FDI inflows. The aim of this report is to make the reader aware of the importance of the Foreign Direct Investment to any country and then specifications has been made to Pakistan. The facts have been supported by data taken from authentic sources and comparison has been made of FDI inflows over the year.
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS FDI?
Foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to long term participation by country one country into another country. It is foreign ownership of productive assets,
References: * http://www.adb.org/Documents/EDRC/Reports/ER066.pdf * http://www.doingbusiness.org/ExploreEconomies/?economyid=147 * http://www.pide.org.pk/pdf/highlights/FDI.pdf * http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/issue1999/issue49/cover.htm * http://www.finance.gov.pk * http://www.finance.gov.pk/admin/images/survey/chapters/01-Growth09.pdf -------------------------------------------- [ 2 ]. PAKISTANS FICAL YEAR RUNS FROM 1ST JULY TILL 30TH JUNE [ 3 ]. SOURCE: STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN [ 4 ]. Source: World Bank/IFC, Doing Business 2009: Country Profile for Pakistan.