Fdi in Pakistan

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

Global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) fell by 18 per cent to $1.3 trillion in 2012. This decline was in sharp contrast to other key economic indicators like GDP and unemployment registered positive growth at the global level (United Nations, 2013). The economic fragility and policy uncertainty in a number of economies has caused a domino effect causing concern among investors. However, FDI flows to developing countries prove to be more resilient than flows to developed countries, recording their second

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)

The most important channel through which foreign capital flows into the country is Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). FDI as defined in Dictionary of Economics (Graham Bannock et.al) is “investment in a foreign country through the acquisition of a local company or the establishment there of an operation on a new (Greenfield) site. International Monetary Organization (IMF) and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) define FDI as a category of cross border investment made by a resident in one economy (the direct investor) with the objective of establishing a ‘lasting interest’ in an enterprise (the direct investment enterprise) that is resident in an economy other than that of the direct investor. The motive of the direct

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an investment made by a company or individual in one country in business interests in another country, in the form of either establishing business operations or acquiring business assets in the other country, such as ownership or controlling interest in a foreign company. Foreign direct investments are distinguished from portfolio investments in which an investor merely purchases equities of foreign-based companies. The key feature of foreign direct investment is that it is an investment made that establishes either effective control of, or at least substantial influence over, the decision making of a foreign business.

[UNCTAD2003] As a result, global FDI grew much faster than either trade or income in the last two decades. Whereas world real GDP increased at an average rate of 3.00% between 1985 and 2004 and world exports by 6.29%, world real inflows of FDI increased by 9.85%. The liberalization processes varied considerably, however, across countries in timing, speed, and magnitude.

After the Second World War, the west committed themselves in removing barriers to free flow of goods, services and capital among other nations. In addition to removal of trade barriers, many countries continues to make efforts in removing restrictions on foreign direct investment. Evidence has shown that foreign direct investment plays a huge role in the global economy as firms increase their cross-border investments. Restriction on trade barriers has made globalization of markets and production a possibility. Technological advancement has made these changes a reality.

Majority of the projects in Pakistan are heavily funded by foreign investors, whereas many projects are still under discussion among many countries who are interested in funding several projects in Pakistan.

Foreign direct investment, according to the OECD definition, means an investment made ​​by a resident of one country (the direct investor) in order to achieve long-term benefits of capital employed in the company - a resident of another country (called the direct investment enterprise). Usually, foreign investment in many ways have a positive impact on the economy of the country in which they occur. The introduction of new technologies leads to the modernization of production and increase the level and the adaptation of new methods of management and organization improves the functioning of the company. Companies with foreign capital play an important role in the reconstruction and modernization of the

As developing nations continue to expand their economic systems and find their place within the global market, the practice of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has become increasingly common. In 2013, developing nations received nearly 800 billion dollars of FDI, accounting for 54% of total global inflows (UNCTAD 2). Though many have elected to adopt a cautious approach, Foreign Direct Investment has proven to have a multitude of positive effects on developing nations’ collective labor rights and productivity. For these reasons, the Committee for Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa should

Kolstad and Villanger (2008) showed that the relationship between FDI and GDP is always positive. When the GDP increases, it means the economy of a country is growing, when the condition of the country is stable, it will attract more foreign investors to invest in the country and thus result in the increasing of FDI. The positive relationship also supported by Oyatoye,Arogundade, Adebisi and Oluwakayode (2011).

Based on OECD Factbook 2013: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics, Foreign direct investment defined as cross-border investment by other investors from the economy that had the objective to gain long term interest or benefit from other countries that need capital for development. FDI have divided into 3 categorty such as Horizontal FDI, plaform FDI and vertical FDI. Kimberly state that Foreign direct investment is global economic growth which are apply in all countries such as developing and emerging market countries. The main purpose of FDI that the investor from other countries invests the surplus capital to other countries to gain benefit. At same time, the developing countries will gain more advanatge on

The dissertation topic will focus on the importance of foreign direct investment into Pakistan’s Economy and will also focus around the causes of foreign direct investment. The report will look into three different perspectives such as, the effects on FDI pre and post 9/11, investment in different sectors of industry and the importance of investing countries in terms of contributing towards developing Pakistan’s infrastructure or helping financially to fight the ‘War against terror’. Moreover, the report also provides an insight to what can be done to improve the inflow of FDI into Pakistan.

Involving a plethora of investor classes, foreign investment can take multiple forms. An overseas investor can buy directly into a company involved in manufacturing, infrastructure development, banking, insurance, retail, etc.

Foreign Direct Investment is the major tool of attracting International Economic Integration in any nation. It serves as a relationship between investment and saving. Many developing countries like India are facing the scarcity of savings. This crisis can be solved with the help of Foreign Direct Investment. In this paper an endeavor has been taken to analyze the trend of FDI in last 11 years and to analyze the relationship between foreign direct investment and macroeconomic factors like GDP, Exports and Foreign Exchange Reserves (FER) in India using data for a period from 2001 to 2012. This study has investigated the twin objectives viz trend of FDI and relation of FDI with macroeconomic factors viz GDP, Exports, Foreign Exchange Reserves (FER).The trend and relation between these variables has been analyzed by percentage analysis, Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), and Correlation Analysis. Findings of the study indicate that FDI can be used as vehicle for growth of macroeconomic indicators of the economy.