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Abstract
The issue of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been receiving phenomenal attention from many governments. Bangladesh is not lagging behind from it. Economic development for the developing countries like Bangladesh is largely dependent on FDI. The major challenges for the host country are to ensure an eye-catching and conducive investment climate to foreign investors for FDI inflow. In recent years, Bangladesh has been devoting efforts for attracting FDI offering a lot of lucrative incentives and benefits. Though attempts taken to increase FDI inflow, the result achieved is not
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In this context the aim of this paper was to find out the determinants, impediments, favorable environment and potential of FDI for Bangladesh. Less developed infrastructure of Bangladesh is vital problem for FDI inflows. The trend of foreign investors goes in infrastructural investment such as electricity, fuel, air and sea communication.
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Literature Review
2.1 Methodology
This paper is fully based on secondary information. Content Analysis Method, which is commonly known as the review of the previous literature, has been followed in the preparation of this article. Apart from that secondary information have been collected from the statistics Department of Bangladesh Bank, Investment Handbook of Bangladesh Board of Investment, Bangladesh Economic Review 2006 and Bangladesh Bank’s Annual Report 2006. Some information has also been collected from the daily newspapers and Internet sources. Used data has been presented through tabular and graphical analysis.
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Main Body
3.0 Determinent of Foreign Direct Investment
Arguments supporting FDI in developing countries suggest that recipient countries need to fulfill some preconditions to create a favorable business environment. It has certain advantages to both the host country and the investor. Host countries’ macroeconomic policy, tax regime, regulatory practices are critical determinants for attracting FDI.
FDI allows the home country to invest into the host country to produce, advertise, and distribute products, in order to upsurge their market share and provides a long-term investment and enhancement. (Moosa, 2002)
In theory, the liberalization of FDI not only should benefit foreign investors, but also should help domestic economies share in the wealth derived from foreign investment. FDI, as a means of generating domestic revenue, may also serve as an effective means by which to redeploy those revenues into a nation's economic, social, and political infrastructures. "^^ Insofar as states restrict FDI in protectecl sectors, they may encourage it in less protected sectors.
The Foreign Direct Investment is stimulated by diverse macroeconomic factors such as the GDP, GDP per capita and also by the political stability of a country. The US is the country, which receives the more FDI in the world; even tough some other countries recently have increased their FDI considerably in term of growth. The overall quality of the infrastructure in the US
Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a crucial and a growing role in the modern world and in global businesses. It helps third world countries to over-come their problems by sharing their resources with other countries in exchange of an investment. More formally FDI is defined as a company from one country making an investment on another country that are known as the host countries. Recently, due to the rapid growth and alternative global investment patterns, this definition has been developed to comprise the acquisition of a lasting management interest in a company or enterprise outside the investing firm’s home country. This investment can be in many forms, such as a direct acquisition of a foreign firms, construction of a facility, or
❖ Factors inhibiting industrial investment in Bangladesh are rather common for domestic as well as foreign investors: poor infrastructure, absence
negative aspects of FDI as a source of development for developing countries, some of which are discussed below.
Abadie and Gardeazabel (2007) agreed that the stock markets are the main source of FDI, it is well known. But foreign firms that have been purchased through the stock market are in desperate need of financial services. This way, as a prospective investor makes decisions regarding his investments, he will be able to take into account the country’s financial development and banking development, and determine how such factors will ultimately affect their investments
FDI in a developing economy means the development of the entire national economy on a grand scale, benefiting several other support industries, development of the country 's infrastructure, raising standards of living and increasing per capita income. World-leading manufacturers on
This aim of this essay is to evaluate the impact of institutional factors on outward and inward FDI. This will be done by determination of the major FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) factors, evaluation of the role of institutional factors and investigation of institutional factors impact on inward and outward FDI flows.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a venture made by an organization or element situated in one nation, into an organization or substance situated in an alternate nation. Outside immediate ventures vary generously from aberrant speculations, for example, portfolio streams, wherein abroad establishments put resources into values recorded on a country's stock trade. Elements making immediate ventures commonly have a huge level of impact and control over the organization into which the speculation is made. Open economies with talented workforces and great
Foreign Direct Investment refers to the type of investment into a country that is characterized by the inflow of funds from a foreign source that can be in the form of ownership such as stocks, bonds, infrastructural presence, etc. by the element of ‘control’. FDI is defined as the net inflows of investment to acquire a management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor.
Many scholars argue inward FDI have positive economic impacts on the host country (Buckley et al., 2007; Globerman, 1979; Lipsey and Sjöholm, 2004; Nguyen and Nguyen, 2007; Zhu and Tan, 2000). According to them, there is a causal relationship between FDI and economic growth, where FDI stimulates economic growth. Nguyen and Nguyen (2007) state FDI promotes economic growth and is also a tool to attract FDI. The literature by Anwar and Sun (2011) shows FDI and domestic capital have a significant positive impact on economic growth. Thus, FDI has a positive impact on the economic growth of the host country.
Foreign direct investment plays a critical role in financing the development of emerging economies. Foreign direct investment benefits countries through a transfer of resources in the form of capital, technology, management of resources, creation of work opportunities, and a positive impact on the country’s balance sheet, typically through an increase in export volumes. These benefits are essential for sustainable growth and development of a country, especially for developing countries. Despite the important role that foreign direct investment plays in helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, many developing countries face challenges in accessing this source.
In this 21st century, we live in a time like no other. The world has transformed as a result of globalization. Globalization has made it possible for individuals who wake up in east, to end their day in the other part of the world. Nations came together and eliminated trade barriers, which enabled Corporation’s to begin foreign direct investment (FDI) in other nations. This resulted, corporations transform into Multinational Enterprises. The movie “The Grand Seduction” shows the powerful impact FDI’s can have for an economy. This essay will analyze the movie and the following statement “The attraction and retention of foreign direct investment (FDI) is a complex and multifaceted activity for a number of different stakeholders”. This essay
The main determinants are openness to trade and political stability in the study. The results show that FDI stimulates the economic growth but growth does not attract the foreign direct investment. In fact the openness trade and political stability are the significant determinants.