Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic of Afghanistan

Tahiri, Noor Rahman (2017): Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic of Afghanistan.

Abstract

The present study attempts the impact of foreign direct investment on gross domestic product (GDP) of Afghanistan by taking a time- series data for the period of 2001-2014. It is applied ordinary least square (OLS) method through simple regression. T-statistic is significant and P-value is also significant at 5% level. The F-test was also significant at 5% level so the overall model is significant. The results indicated that there is positive significance relationship between foreign direct investment and gross domestic product (GDP) in Afghanistan. The study suggests that Government may focus on to attracting foreign direct investment and improve its agriculture and mine sector latest technology and Machineries for better economic growth.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Capital formation, GDP, FDI, Inflation
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C0 - General > C02 - Mathematical Methods; D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis; F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization > F62 - Macroeconomic Impacts

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