JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY The Role of FDI and Openness to Trade in Economic Growth A study of Africa and Asia Bachelor thesis within Economics Author: Maria Beradović 851117-2986 Jeanette Hennix 801004-4827 Tutor: Ass. Prof. Scott Hacker Ph.D. Candidate James Dzansi Jönköping 01-2009 Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Associate Professor Scott Hacker and PhD Candidate James Dzansi for the help‚ guidance and support during the process of
Premium Economic growth Economics International trade
Catalogue: Introduction: As the largest country in the south Asian subcontinent‚ India is not only one of the oldest ancient civilizations‚ but it also is one of the fastest growing countries in the world. In India the development of the software industry is outstanding‚ also the finance‚ research‚ technical and services industry is developing rapidly. From 2011 to 2012 the gross domestic product (GDP) of India was growing from 1710.9 billion of U.S. dollars to 1872.9 billion which is
Premium Economics Economic system Karl Marx
On the other hand large hotel chain restaurants often import food to satisfy foreign visitors and rarely employ local staff for senior management positions‚ preventing local farmers and workers from reaping the benefit of their presence. Tourism has the power to affect cultural change. Successful development of a resource can lead to numerous negative impacts. Among these are overdevelopment‚ assimilation‚ conflict‚ and artificial reconstruction. While presenting a culture to tourists may help
Premium Ecology Culture Environmentalism
Foreign Direct Investment is viewed as a major stimulus for economic growth for developing countries like Bangladesh which lacks sufficient domestic financing. This paper is intended to empirically analyze this theoretical perspective and analyze the impact of FDI on Bangladesh’s economic growth and income inequality. Using time series data of FDI‚ GDP and other relevant variables‚ it was found that FDI inflow into Bangladesh did not show any direct significant impact on economic growth; however
Premium Investment Economics Macroeconomics
2. Dual-Homed Host Architecture: As reflected by the name a dual homed host architecture is a computer having two network connections separately for two network interfaces. Such host work as router among two networks however when dual homed hosts architectures are implemented in firewall this routing function is disabled. As routing function is disabled and IP packet is also blocked completely thus the host isolates two network completely from each other thus directly routing between the networks
Premium Firewall Computer network Router
Memo To: CEO From: Human Resources Director Date: September 9‚ 2012 Re: Employee Benefit Package As requested‚ and after much research and comparison of available benefit packages‚ the following benefit package is recommended to be implemented by the organization‚ and offered to all executive assistants‚ and all other employees. Executive assistants are vital in their role in the organization. The role of the executive assistant is to
Premium Employee benefit Time Sick leave
(209) | 14‚482 (3‚208) | 42‚745 (9‚170) | 6% | COMPARISON OF FDI INFLOWS BETWEEN SECTORS FDI Inflow to Service Sector has been phenomenal in the past few years. Since the onset of the liberalization of the Indian economy in 1991‚ the country has experienced a huge increase in the inflow of Foreign Investments. The service sector in India has tremendous growth potential and as such it has attracted huge Foreign Direct Investments (FDI). However‚ with respect to the global meltdown the last three
Premium Investment Foreign direct investment Macroeconomics
Treating guests with respect and generosity has always been a source of pride for hosts‚ as society has encouraged this way of thinking throughout history. In Homer’s‚ The Odyssey‚ the importance of this guest-host relationship becomes reinforced time and time again during Odysseus’ journey. When he finally makes it back home to Ithaca‚ Homer clearly illustrates for the reader how the guest host relationship holds paramount over everything else: “So you‚ old misery‚ seeing a god has led you here
Premium William Shakespeare Sophocles Oedipus the King
each country has a certain image and a multifaceted structure. First studies on country image in the literature belong to the 1930s and 1940s (Katz and Braly‚ 1933; Klingberg‚ 1941). On those years‚ several researches were done on impacts of social psychological processes‚ economic‚ cultural and political events on country image. But in these years‚ national perceptions and prototypes are of particular importance (Katz and Braly‚ 1933; 1943; Klinberg‚1941). Nagashima (1970) considers country image
Premium Dimension Dimension Country
There is no denying that for the poorest countries in the world‚ aid (Oversees Development Assistance – ODA) is one of the best tools for economic growth. It is my opinion however that aid in developing countries often comes with too many strings attached. Case and point the issue of aid and homosexuality in Uganda. When Yoweri Museveni officially made homosexuality illegally in Uganda‚ the developed countries threatened to withhold aid from the country. The unfortunate thing is that in most of
Premium Africa Poverty Development aid