The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth

Shafique, Shoaib and Hussain, Zahid (2015): The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth.

Abstract

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has gotten distinguished and the most gainful strategy for drawing streams originating from external assets. The use of this technique has likewise transformed into a significant piece of making financing capital flow into nations around the world. For developing nations far and wide, this productive impact joined with foreign transactions has developed constantly well and is referred to as an instrument for investment development (Muhammad, 2007). FDI has numerous benefits on creating better economic output, for example, it raises profit level for entrepreneurs, reduces unemployment and opens avenues for fares and innovative headways for financial gurus and nations

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: fdi, growth, economic policy, developing countries
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E24 - Employment ; Unemployment ; Wages ; Intergenerational Income Distribution ; Aggregate Human Capital ; Aggregate Labor Productivity; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F15 - Economic Integration; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F18 - Trade and Environment

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