Relationship between Trade and Investment in the SAARC Region

Rahul Choudhury () and Dinkar Nayak

Chapter 5 in Trade and Investment in South Asia:An Analysis, 2019, pp 99-135 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: There exist a close relationship between trade and FDI in any economy. It has been observed that, in some cases, trade complements FDI while in some cases it is the other way round. We will investigate this important issue with regard to SAARC nations in this chapter.

Keywords: South Asia; Foreign Direct Investment; South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation; SAARC; South Asian Free Trade Area; SAFTA; FDI; Ease of Doing Business; South Asian Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F4 P45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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