Manufacturing exports from Sri Lanka: opportunities, achievements and policy options

This paper examines Sri Lanka’s experience with manufacturing exports expansion, placing...

Tax policy and the globalisation of R & D

This paper examines the factors influencing the globalisation of R&D, with a particular focus on the role of tax policy, using panel data for 25 OECD...

Global production sharing and the FDI–Trade Nexus: New evidence from the Japanese automabile industry

The growing importance of global production sharing makes the nexus between outward foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade in parts and components ever...

Trade and investment patterns in Asia: implications for multilateralizing regionalism

This paper documents and analyzes emerging patterns of trade and foreign direct investment in Asia with a view to informing the contemporary policy debate...

How India fits into global production sharing: experience, prospects and policy options

Global production sharing—the break-up of the production process into geographically separated stages—is an increasingly important facet of economic...

Intra-regional FDI and economic integration in South Asia: trends, patterns and prospects

This paper examines trends and patterns of intra-regional FDI in South Asia, with a focus on the potential for integrating production processes among...

Internationalization of Indian enterprises: patterns, determinants and policy issues

This paper examines the emerging patterns and economic implications of Indian overseas direct...