1. Overview -- 2. South Asia: A Macro Overview -- 3.  Foreign Direct Investment Policy in South Asia.- 4.  Foreign Direct Investment Inflows into South Asia FGD -- 5. FDI in China: A comparative Perspective with India -- 6. Determinants of FDI in South Asia -- 7. FDI and Economic Growth in South Asia -- 8. Impact of Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Investment in South Asia: Time series and Panel Evidence.- 9. Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on domestic Exports:   Time series and Panel Evidence from South Asia -- 10. FDI Reforms in South Asia: Unfinished Agenda, Future Reforms and Challenges.-References.                                                                                                                         .

During the 1990s, the governments of South Asian countries acted as 'facilitators' to attract FDI. As a result, the inflow of FDI increased. However, to become an attractive FDI destination as China, Singapore, or Brazil, South Asia has to improve the local conditions of doing business. This book, based on research that blends theory, empirical evidence, and policy, asks and attempts to answer a few core questions relevant to FDI policy in South Asian countries: Which major reforms have succeeded? What are the factors that influence FDI inflows? What has been the impact of FDI on macroeconomic performance? Which policy priorities/reforms needed to boost FDI are pending? These questions and answers should interest policy makers, academics, and all those interested in FDI in the South Asian region and in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.