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RIS
was invited by the Hanoi based Asia Trade Initiative of UNDP (UNDP/ATI)
to contribute to their programme on trade and investment designed
to provide guidance to the developing countries in the
Asia-Pacific region for the WTO Ministerial conference. As a part
of this, RIS participated in the Meeting on Trade and Investment
organized by UNDP/ATI, and the Institute of International
Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China on April 1-2, 2003.
The study discusses the experience of India in mobilizing and
employing FDI inflows (and outflows) in its process of
development. It summarizes the evolution of India’s FDI policy.
It also examines the role of government policy in determining the
contribution of FDI to human development. Finally it summarizes
the implications of the ongoing debate on the relevance of a
multilateral framework on investment under WTO from a human
development perspective. The project was completed with the
submission of the final version of the paper to UNDP/ATI.
Research
Team: Dr. Nagesh Kumar
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