Foreign Direct Investment And Trade In India

Foreign Direct Investment and Trade in India is an important addition to the growing literature on the role and importance of FDI since initiation of economic reforms in India in 1991 with a specific focus on trade of food items which constitutes an important area in the context of the level of living and food security of developing economies in general and India in particular. This book will be quite useful for the policy-makers, researchers and academicians in particular and for the interested public in general.
About Author :
Suvranshu Pan (b.1975) is a young researcher in Economics obtained his Ph.D. Degree in 2006. He is a recipient of Young Science Talent Search Award in 1990. Dr. Pan Teaches in the Department of Economics, Kashipur Micheal Madhusadan Mahavidhyalaya, Purulia and is a guest Faculty in Economics, Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkatta. Je has Participated in a large number of International seminars and conferences and worked as a Project Associate in a University Grant Commission sponsored Major Research Project. Raj Kumar Sen (b. 1945) is Prof. And Former Head Department of Economics, Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkatta. He is the Managing Editor, Arthabeekshan (Quarterly Referred Journal of the Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad) and the Managing Trustee of the International Institute for Development Studies (IIDS)
Contents :
Preface 1. Introduction 2. FDI and Economic Growth: A Review 3. FDI Flows and Foreign Trade 4. FDI in India and Trade in FOOD Items 5. Performance of FDI in Trading of Food items in West Bengal 6. Concluding Remarks and Policy Prescriptions Glossary Acronyms Bibliography Index