Incentives for attracting FDI in South Asia: A survey

International Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-32

  Das, Sandwip Kumar ^a   Pant, Manoj ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 33645750411     PISSN: 00208817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002088170504300101     Document Type: Article

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