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 … depends on the BRICs’ local capacity to absorb superior technologies and on domestic investment. …

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has boomed in post-reform India. Moreover, the composition and type of FDI has changed … considerably since India has opened up to world markets. This has fuelled high expectations that FDI may serve as a catalyst to … higher economic growth. We assess the growth implications of FDI in India by subjecting industry-specific FDI and output data …

The demand of industrialized countries for a multilateral agreement on investment to be negotiated under the roof of … foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. By contrast, the opponents consider such an agreement to be biased in … the case for a multilateral agreement on investment is not compelling: Investment regulations have been liberalized …