Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries A Theoretical Evaluation

In development literature Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is traditionally considered to be instrumental for the economic growth of all countries, particularly the developing ones. It acts as a panacea for breaking out of the vicious circle of low savings/low income and facilitates the import of cap...

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Main Authors: Chaudhuri, Sarbajit, Mukhopadhyay, Ujjaini (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Springer India 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword (by Sugata Marjit, Reserve Bank of India Professor of Industrial Economics and Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), Kolkata, India)
  • Chapter 1. Role of FDI in Developing Countries: Basic Concepts and Facts
  • Chapter 2. General Equilibrium Models: Usefulness and Techniques of Application
  • Chapter 3. FDI, Welfare and Developing Countries
  • Chapter 4. FDI, SEZ and Agriculture
  • Chapter 5. FDI and Relative Wage Inequality
  • Chapter 6. FDI and Gender Wage Inequality
  • Chapter 7. FDI and Unemployment
  • Chapter 8. FDI and Child Labour
  • Chapter 9. FDI in Healthcare
  • Chapter 10. Sketching the Future Research Path of FDI in Developing Countries