We assess the role of capital goods imports and inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) as transmission channels through which major emerging economies (BRICs, i.e., Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China) could catch up with advanced source countries in terms of total factor...

This paper analyzes the necessary local conditions required for the existence of positive spillovers from multinationals' entry and it consists of a unified study of absorptive capacities. We start from the idea that FDI speeds up the diffusion of technologies across countries. Yet, the question...

This study investigates the impact of foreign capital inflows on poverty in Vietnam, using annual time series data from 1990 to 2018. The study was motivated by the need to establish if burgeoning foreign capital inflows in Vietnam can support the poverty alleviation agenda. Foreign direct...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Macro Determinants of FDI in India: Cointegration and Causality -- Chapter-3: FDI–Growth Nexus in India -- Chapter 4: Foreign Aid: Growth Nexus in India: Cointegration and Causality -- Chepter 5: Foreign Capital–Growth Nexus in India: Cointegration and...