Introduction -- Ease and ruckus of doing business in South Asia -- Impact of FDI on the host and home country -- Trends of trade and investment in the SAARC region -- The relationship between trade and investment in the SAARC region -- Causal relationships between investment and trade in the...

Recent developments in South Asian countries, especially the re-emergence of democratic governments, new growth momentum despite the global economic downturn and greater openness, warrant a fresh look at the region's prospects for economic integration. On the basis of a thorough review of the...

The slow progress and modest achievements of regional integration in South Asia have generated a huge amount of skepticism about its role as an effective strategy of growth. The present study, however, argues that there is need to forge deeper integration within the region. It examines the...

Regional integration is often considered a means to improve member countries’ attractiveness to foreign direct investment (FDI). But regional integration agreements (RIAs) as well as FDI are too diverse to allow for generalized verdicts. Our case studies on Mercosur in Latin America, ASEAN and...

This paper evaluates the flow of Foreign Direct Investment in the South Asia region in the recent years and its impact in the economic growth by using the figure from 1990-2007. The impact of FDI in the economic growth has been found significant. The countries which received more FDI, economic...