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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN NEPAL: A TREND ANALYSIS
(A case study on Teliasonera)
Submitted by:
BIKASH AGRAWAL UNIVERSITY ROLL NO.: 1308007152
COLLEGES ROLL NO: 1307201134
A Proposal SUBMITED TO
HEAD OF the DEPARTMENT
COLLEGE FOR PROFSSIONAL STUDIES
LC OF SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITY
in partial fulfillment o f the requirement for the award of the degree of
MBA IN FINANCE
KATHMANDU NEPAL
OCTOBER 2014
Table of Contents
List of symbols and Abbreviations
FDI : Foreign Direct Investment
GDP : Gross Domestic Product
Ncell : Nepal’s Teliasonera Investment
NTC : Nepal Telecommunication Centre
SWOT : Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat
BIPPA : Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement
WWW : World Wide Web
1.1 Introduction
The past two decades have witnessed a profound shift in the policy emphasis on foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. In a significant departure from the skepticism about the developmental role of FDI, which pervaded policy thinking for over three decades during the post-war era, more and more countries have become increasingly receptive to FDI as an integral element of outward-oriented policy reform. Despite this notable policy shift, the literature on the role of FDI in developing countries still remains both sparse and skewed. The few existing studies have focused almost exclusively on the experience of the middle- and upper-middle income developing countries, in particular the high-performing countries in East Asia. Policy inferences coming from this literature are of limited value for late-comers, because the role of FDIVaries across countries depending on their stage in the internationalization of the economy, the nature and timing of policy shifts as well as the initial conditions of the host country, such as the degree of
(A case study on Teliasonera)
Submitted by:
BIKASH AGRAWAL UNIVERSITY ROLL NO.: 1308007152
COLLEGES ROLL NO: 1307201134
A Proposal SUBMITED TO
HEAD OF the DEPARTMENT
COLLEGE FOR PROFSSIONAL STUDIES
LC OF SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITY
in partial fulfillment o f the requirement for the award of the degree of
MBA IN FINANCE
KATHMANDU NEPAL
OCTOBER 2014
Table of Contents
List of symbols and Abbreviations
FDI : Foreign Direct Investment
GDP : Gross Domestic Product
Ncell : Nepal’s Teliasonera Investment
NTC : Nepal Telecommunication Centre
SWOT : Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat
BIPPA : Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement
WWW : World Wide Web
1.1 Introduction
The past two decades have witnessed a profound shift in the policy emphasis on foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. In a significant departure from the skepticism about the developmental role of FDI, which pervaded policy thinking for over three decades during the post-war era, more and more countries have become increasingly receptive to FDI as an integral element of outward-oriented policy reform. Despite this notable policy shift, the literature on the role of FDI in developing countries still remains both sparse and skewed. The few existing studies have focused almost exclusively on the experience of the middle- and upper-middle income developing countries, in particular the high-performing countries in East Asia. Policy inferences coming from this literature are of limited value for late-comers, because the role of FDIVaries across countries depending on their stage in the internationalization of the economy, the nature and timing of policy shifts as well as the initial conditions of the host country, such as the degree of