1. Overview -- 2. South Asia: A Macro Overview -- 3. Foreign Direct Investment Policy in South Asia.- 4. Foreign Direct Investment Inflows into South Asia FGD -- 5. FDI in China: A comparative Perspective with India -- 6. Determinants of FDI in South Asia -- 7. FDI and Economic Growth in South...

In this paper, the causal nexus between savings and economic growth in India is investigated within the framework of causality, co-integration and error correction in the presence of a structural break, using annual data from 1950-1951 to 1998-1999. Identifying the structural breaks in both...

Though Japan had been one of the top five investors in India for long, its share in India’s total FDI inflows has been dwindling since 2000. Other countries have surpassed Japan in terms of their investment and market share in the Indian economy. In this context, this study attempts to analyse...

The importance of private sector participation and public-private partnerships (PPPs) in promoting infrastructure development in the Asian region has been significant. Though there are several studies which have highlighted the role of PPPs in infrastructure in East and South East Asia, few...

In recent times, regional trade agreements (RTAs) have become an important factor driving global trade. Though the literature on RTAs continues to grow, few studies highlight the development dimensions of RTAs envisaged in the Doha Development Agenda of the World Trade Organization. In this...

The issue of small and declining health sector financing by the central and state governments in India is addressed by the launching of National Rural Health Mission in 2005-06. Bottom up planning starting with village as unit used as the main strategy of NRHM to meet the region specific health...