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DOI: 10.1163/221190012X627638
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Pravakar Sahoo
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The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) environment
underwent a sea change in South Asian countries 135+ million publications
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Though FDI inflows to South Asian countries have
witnessed increasing trends, FDI inflow is still
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relatively low. In this context, the paper examines
the determinants of FDI for South Asian countries
with emphasis on infrastructure development,
trade openness and reforms. The results reveal
that major determinants of FDI in South Asia are
market size, labor force, infrastructure stock, trade
openness and economic reforms. Further, the
panel causality analysis shows that there is a
strong relationship between infrastructure
development and FDI inflows. Therefore, the
South Asian countries need to maintain their
growth momentum, improve infrastructure
facilities, frame policies for better use of abundant
labor force and continue economic reforms with
focus on trade policies to attract more FDI.

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