Indian Foreign Direct Investment: A Way to Africa

Paul, Anusree

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.11.021

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“…A major initiative involves helping recipient nations create or improve agricultural markets and distribution networks in an effort to increase production and exports of palm—a plan that may well increase forest loss by increasing exports. India also offers engineering services to help with the successful completion of projects like mills and roads, which has the potential to increase palm oil production and exports, and, in turn, forest loss (Paul 2014).…”

Section: India Palm and Forestsmentioning

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India, Palm Oil, and Ecologically Unequal Exchange: A Cross-national Analysis of Forest Loss

Sommer

Restivo

Shandra

2019

Sociological Perspectives

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Drawing on ecologically unequal exchange theory and previous research, we assess whether palm exports from low- and middle-income nations to India increase forest loss in exporting nations. Using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression for a sample of 91 low- and middle-income nations, we find support for our main hypothesis that palm exports sent from low- and middle-income nations to India are related to increased forest loss in the exporting nations. Our findings refine and expand upon ecologically unequal exchange theory by demonstrating that India, a middle-income nation, nevertheless is capable of positioning itself favorably in trading opportunities with other low- and middle-income nations. As India meets its needs for palm oil from abroad which is central to its economic growth and industrialization, their low- and middle-income trading partners bear more of the burden of environmental harms from the extraction and export of palm oil.

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Section: India Palm and Forestsmentioning

confidence: 99%

India, Palm Oil, and Ecologically Unequal Exchange: A Cross-national Analysis of Forest Loss

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Restivo

Shandra

2019

Sociological Perspectives

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“…The combination of Africa's energy resources, mining resources, fertile land for agriculture, and abundance of other natural resources natural resources, with India's technology and capital drove a number of Indian companies to the African continent. Thus, like Latin America, Africa offers a solution to India's food and energy security issues, in addition to offering an emerging market for a number of Indian services and manufactured products (Paul, 2014).…”

Section: India's Increasing Economic and Political Importance To Afrimentioning

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The Indian surge into South Africa and Brazil: The economic opportunity triad

Gouvea

Kapelianis

Padovani

2021

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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In the past two decades, Brazil, South Africa, and India have designed closer economic and political ties. Since the early 2000s, India has become an important economic and political partner for both Brazil and South Africa. International trade and foreign direct investment amongst them have expanded considerably, and closer political ties have evolved over the past two decades. This article elaborates on the increasing economic interdependence between India, Brazil and South Africa, addressing challenges, opportunities, and synergies between the three countries and their multinationals.

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“…In the context of Africa, there are suggestions that these investments are an expansion of China's influence to secure access to natural resources, among others (Brookes 2007). India too has renewed interest in Africa due to energy security concerns, although the country has a long way to go in the continent in terms of both trade and investment as compared to other countries (Paul 2014).…”

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Outbound Foreign Direct Investment from China and India

Das

Banik

2015

China Report

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Chinese and Indian enterprises have been increasingly involved in international business thereby attracting global attention since the turn of the 21st century. This article examines outbound investment experiences of Chinese and Indian multinationals and compares and contrasts the investment development trajectory for both the countries. The comparisons and contrasts are made with respect to government policy, motivations for outbound investment, financing of investment, success rate in overseas acquisition, sectoral composition, characteristics of multinational enterprises (MNEs), and the challenges and impact of such investments in the light of differences in economic and institutional parameters between the two countries. It can be observed that there are more differences than similarities in the trajectory of outbound investments by Chinese and Indian enterprises. These differences arise due to the economic and institutional structure and the development path chosen by the two countries. Due to the differences between Chinese and Indian economic development trajectories, which are unique in many ways, it is not meaningful to make a straightforward comparison of outbound foreign direct investment (FDI) experience of the two countries. Nevertheless, the main differences with regard to outward investment by Indian and Chinese enterprises can be observed in areas such as the degree of involvement of the public sector enterprises, financing of overseas investments, success rate of proposed mergers and acquisitions (M&A), sectoral composition of such investments, investment motives, and so on. Various challenges facing outward FDI from China and India are highlighted, some of which could be addressed by specific economic and institutional reforms. The tale of the two countries examined in this article taken together contains important insights for emerging country enterprises and governments on the challenges and opportunities of global business.

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Indian Foreign Direct Investment: A Way to Africa

Cited by 12 publications

References 7 publications

India, Palm Oil, and Ecologically Unequal Exchange: A Cross-national Analysis of Forest Loss

India, Palm Oil, and Ecologically Unequal Exchange: A Cross-national Analysis of Forest Loss

The Indian surge into South Africa and Brazil: The economic opportunity triad

Outbound Foreign Direct Investment from China and India

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