The aim of this paper is to reinvestigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on welfare or poverty reduction in Asia. We used FDI net inflows per capita and the United Nations Development Program's Human Development Index (HDI) as the principal variables. Our analyses confirm...

Forging closer economic relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the last 2 decades has contributed to building a stronger ASEAN economy. It is particularly important to know how the PRC's foreign direct investment...

This paper studies the impact of human capital on the relationship between inward foreign direct investment and economic growth in ASEAN and Latin America during 1975-1995. We test two hypotheses. First, we hypothesise that there is a two-way relationship between economic growth and FDI. Second,...

The paper is aimed at assessing the impact of capital flows from commercial banks and FDI on sustainable economic growth in ASEAN countries. The study has conducted quantitative secondary analysis on data collected from 1980 to 2018 for Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. Descriptive statistics,...