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Private Foreign Investment in India: Pain or Panacea?
Author(s) -
Athreye Suma,
Kapur Sandeep
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
world economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1467-9701
pISSN - 0378-5920
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9701.00362
Subject(s) - panacea (medicine) , balance of payments , foreign direct investment , economics , investment (military) , government (linguistics) , capital (architecture) , economic policy , international economics , macroeconomics , political science , politics , medicine , alternative medicine , history , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , pathology , law
Private foreign capital, whose presence in Indian industry was long regarded with concern and suspicion, is now presented as a panacea for India's poor industrial and export performance. This paper examines available evidence to compare the behaviour and performance of domestic and foreign‐controlled firms in India over the last five decades. It discusses the contribution of foreign capital to aggregate investment, balance of payments and economic growth. We assess the effects of government policy towards foreign investment, review recent changes, and outline implications for the future.