I. Overview of FDI FDI – Foreign Direct Investment Foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs when a firm invests directly in new facilities to produce and/or market in a foreign country. Once a firm undertakes FDI it becomes a multinational enterprise. FDI can be: Greenfield investments - the establishment of a wholly new operation in a foreign country. Acquisitions or mergers with existing firms in the foreign country. The flow of FDI refers to the amount of FDI undertaken over a given time
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Abstract Foreign direct investment (FDI) is taken as one of the key factor of rapid economic growth and development. FDI‚ it is believed to stimulate domestic investment‚ human capital‚ and transfers technology. It is associated qualities which causes the faster economic development in the host countries. South Korea‚ for instance had one of the of the poorest economies during 1960s‚ but yet achieved double digit economic growth with substantial amount of FDI inflows and become one of the most advanced
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FDI in retail sector in India and its impact on retail traders ABSTRACT: Allowing FDI in multi brand retailing has recently generated tremendous euphoria for some and fear for others. It is based on the notion that it will open floodgates for foreign retailers to invest and will change the retail landscape forever in India. The factors that attracted investment in India are stable economic policies‚ availability of cheap and quality human resources‚ and opportunities of new unexplored markets
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Current DFI situation of Telecommunication Sector in Bangladesh The almost remarkable growth in the Telecoms sector in Bangladesh in the last 5-10 years has had the same transformative impact on Bangladesh’s economy as the growth of Ready Made Garments and Remittances. As well as being the largest contributor to Foreign Direct Investment and tax revenues‚ the effect of rapid mobile entrance on increasing the quality of life of ten millions people has been significant. As of September 2010‚ the
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Agricultural Sector of Indonesia And Its Role on Economy With its vast and abundant fertile soils Indonesia is a major global key producer of a wide variety of agricultural tropical products‚ and although agriculture’s share of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) has declined markedly during the last five decades‚ it still provides income for the majority of Indonesian households today. In 2012 this sector employed around 49 million Indonesian individuals‚ which represents 41 percent of the
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undergone a decline in the production of the agricultural sector and nowadays the country is trying to face this problem. Besides that‚ we have thought that it could be a great place to offer our product so they can also reach a significant growth in terms of technology. It is important to mention that for this country investment and innovation are quite relevant. It also should be pointed out that 10% of the population work in the agricultural sector and that this business is not well-coordinated
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of the Contribution of Agriculture and Petroleum Sector to the Growth and Development of the Nigerian Economy from 1960-2010 By 1 1 Aminu Umaru and 2Anono Abdulrahman Zubairu Department of Economics & 2Department of Management Technology School of Management and Information Technology Modibbo Adama University of Technology‚ Yola‚ Adamawa State‚ Nigeria. Abstract This paper investigates the contribution of agricultural sector and petroleum sector to the economic growth and development (GDP) of the
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Just last month‚ a major summit was held at the United Nations headquarters to review the progress made by countries on the Millennium Development Goals MDGs‚ especially in view of the fact that 10 of the 15 years target set by the world body for attaining the target have just reeled by with the attendant skepticisms as to whether it is indeed realizable. 10 years after this noble initiative to improve the lot of mankind‚ the debate has continued on whether these impoverished countries‚ the primary
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the study is to investigate the impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth in China during the period 1992-2003. The research is based on data indicators of level of GDP and FDI for China during this time period. In research was used simple ordinary least squares method. Through econometric model we defined the relationship foreign investment and economic growth in terms of simple regression. The empirical results show positive but insignificant impact of foreign investment on economic
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ABSTRACT This study attempted to estimate the environmental impact of Foreign Direct Investment in the mining sector in Nigeria. It is argued that only those countries that have reached a certain income level can absorb new technologies and benefit from technology diffusion‚ and thus reap the extra advantages that FDI can offer. The mining industry in Nigeria is dominated by oil. Indeed‚ Nigeria is the largest producer of this commodity in Africa and sixth largest producers in the world. This research
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