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VSRD-IJBMR, Vol. 1 (2), 2011, 103-114
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1Research Scholar, Management Department, Singhania University, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, INDIA . *Correspondence : [email protected]
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Impact of FDI on GDP – “A Critical Evaluation” 1Pradeep Kr.*
ABSTRACT
Foreign direct Investment and Gross domestic product are the major determinant of the economy of any country.
FDI affects the GDP of a country directly and hence they are positively correlated. But the FDI in a country is
not the only economic factor on which causes the GDP to increase or Decrease there are so many quantitative
and qualitative economic and non economic variables which influences the GDP of a country. In order to
determine the affect of those economic or non economic variables on GDP a new model has been proposed and
the strength with which they are correlated positively or negatively with GDP has been measured. This model is
proven a success in determining the intensity with which they affects our GDP and hence our economy. In this
research paper the movement of the GDP with the factors like Foreign Direct Investment, Index of Industrial
Production, Per Capita Income, Employment and Inflation has been analyzed to predict the behavior of GDP. It
seems that government is working on introducing new policies to increase our GDP by making investment laws
more liberal and ignoring the other factors. In this paper a detailed analysis has been made to evolve a new
model which could be more realistic and objective. Therefore figures of ten years have been analyzed so that
objectivity could be maintained.
Keywords : GDP, FDI, Per Capita Income, Index of Industrial Production, Un Employment, Inflation.
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Gross Domestic Product
The most important measure of economic activity in a country, the Gross Domestic Product is the crossing point
of three sides of the economy: expenditure, output, and income.
As a measure of well-being of a country for international and temporal comparisons, it provides a good first
approximation. Still, it ignores many crucial elements of general well-being, like environment conservation,
safety, life expectance, and population literacy. In this respect, one should rather look at the Human
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Development Index.
1.2. Composition
To measure economic activity, one needs a meaningful aggregation of all kinds of productions. The territory's
productions are the crossing result of 1) effective demand, 2) production capabilities, and 3) income. Income
arises from payments distributed to production factors and it provides the necessary finance for demand.
A numerical example will explain the fact that GDP is expressive of these three sides or, in other words, of the
contemporary action of buyers, sellers, producers and the income receivers.
Italy's GDP in 1996 can be computed as a sum from three lists of components :
In the first column, attention is given to the buyers. GDP is then measured as the sum of all domestic and
foreign effective demand for national goods. Domestic demand is the sum of household, government, and firm
expenditure (respectively called: consumption, public expenditure, and investment). Foreigners buy national
goods as exports.
Domestic demand is attracted not only by national goods but also by imports, which reduce the GDP sum. A
minuscule additional element is the change in inventories (the goods that nobody wants at the moment).
The second column shows the position of the sellers and the kind of things they sell: GDP is now obtained by
summing up "value added" over the economic branches of the economy. VAT revenue is added to obtain GDP.
The third column points at the remuneration of production factors (labour and capital) with the share of the state.
The same income serves as source of finance for the demand of the first column.
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This identity expenditure = output = income holds always as a matter of definition and national accountancy
conventions.
2. Determinants
The three sides of GDP interact to determine the aggregate. An increase of effective demand (consumption,
investment, public expenditure, exports) will increase GDP, provided national producers can meet the
quality/price requirements of buyers. If not, imports will grow instead. If national production cannot grow for
physical reasons, firms producing already at full capacity probably will decide to raise prices, vanishing
effective demand with inflation.
The diffusion of technological and organizational innovation can impact on productivity, on product/process
quality and on costs (thus potentially on value added). Capital accumulation and the increase of labour quality
and motivation are important ingredients for a growing GDP.
Short term business cycles and long term trends can be - to a certain extent - traced back to the individual
growth path of heterogeneous firms, as this paper point out.
3. OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH
To determine the correlation of FDI on GDP
To determine the Impact of FDI on GDP
To determine the relation and impact of other economic factors on GDP
4. RESEARCH DESIGN
This research design is based on historical data collected from various sources which can be regarded as
secondary data further this research has been divided into various part to maintain its clarity. Many statistical
tools have been used for concrete analysis of data and their interpretation in this research which are as follows:
Average
Sum of observation / Number of observation
Least Square Method for trend analysis
Y = a + bx
∑ y = na + b∑x
∑xy = a∑x + b∑x2
Correlation r= ∑xy -∑x ∑y/n
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√∑x2-(∑x)2/n √∑y2-(∑y)2/n
Bar Charts
Line Charts
Tables
5. A NEW Economic Model
In the light of the above factors that has been introduced in the paper We will examine how GDP correlates with
the FDI inflow, Literacy rate, Index of Industrial production, Per Capita Income of a country, unemployment
rate, Inflation of a Country.
In short we can say that GDP is the function of all these as follows:
If all the remaining economic variable remain constant then;
GDP=f(FDI,L,IIP,PCI,U,I)
Where, FDI=Foreign Direct Investment
L=Literacy rate of a Country
IIP=Index of Industrial Production
PCI=Per Capita Income
U=Unemployment
I=Inflation
Foreign Direct Investment : When a firm controls (or have a strong say in) another firm located abroad, e.g. by
owing more than 10% of its equity, the former is said "parent enterprise" (or "investor") and the latter "foreign
affiliate".
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is the financial investment giving rise and sustaining over time the investor's
significant degree of influence on the management of the affiliate.
Per capita income or income per person is the numerical quotient of national income divided by population, in
monetary terms. It is a measure of all sources of income in an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It
does not measure income distribution or wealth.
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in simplest terms is an index which details out the growth of various
sectors in an economy. E.g. Indian IIP will focus on sectors like mining, electricity, Manufacturing & General.
Also base year needs to be decided on the basis of which all the index figures would be arrived at. In case of
India the base year has been fixed at 1993-94 hence the same would be equivalent to 100 Points but now it
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changed its based year to 2004-2005.
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an abstract number, the magnitude of which represents the status of
production in the industrial sector for a given period of time as compared to a reference period of time.
The index is computed using the weighted arithmetic mean of quantity relatives with weights being allotted to
various items in proportion to value added by manufacture in the base year by using Laspeyre's formula:
I = ∑ (WiRi)/ ∑ Wi.
Where I is the index, Ri is the production relative of the ith item for the month in question and Wi is the weight
allotted to it.
Inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.When
the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services. Consequently, inflation also
reflects an erosion in the purchasing power of money – a loss of real value in the internal medium of exchange
and unit of account in the economy.A chief measure of price inflation is the inflation rate, the annualized
percentage change in a general price index (normally the Consumer Price Index) over time.
Inflation's effects on an economy are various and can be simultaneously positive and negative. Negative effects
of inflation include a decrease in the real value of money and other monetary items over time, uncertainty over
future inflation may discourage investment and savings, and high inflation may lead to shortages of goods if
consumers begin hoarding out of concern that prices will increase in the future. Positive effects include ensuring
central banks can adjust nominal interest rates (intended to mitigate recessions),and encouraging investment in
non-monetary capital projects.
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read and write. It is a concept claimed and defined by
a range of different theoretical fields.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines literacy as the "ability
to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated
with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals,
to develop their knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in their community and wider society.
6. DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Year GDP - Real Growth Rate (%) Equity Inflow in Millions $
2000-2001 5.5 2908
2001-2002 6 4222
2002-2003 4.3 3134
2003-2004 4.3 2776
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2004-2005 8.3 2549
2005-2006 6.2 5,546
2006-2007 8.4 6,081
2007-2008 9.2 9,277
2008-2009 9 18,708
2009-2010(October) 8.337 17,604
Table 1: Showing Relation between GDP and FDI
Coefficient of Correlation r (calculated from the data during 2006-2010) = .4983
6.1. Interpretation
From the statistical analysis it is quite clear that there is positive correlation between FDI and GDP of a nation it
means it is a essential factor in determining GDP, it increases with FDI .FDI is increasing from 2001 to 2010
during which the GDP is quite fluctuating .It indicate that’s that there must be some other factors on which GDP
must depend.
Year GDP - Real Growth Rate (%) Industrial Production Growth Rate (%)
2000-2001 5.5 7.5
2001-2002 6 4.7
2002-2003 4.3 6
2003-2004 4.3 6.5
2004-2005 8.3 7.4
2005-2006 6.2 7.9
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2006-2007 8.4 7.5
2007-2008 9.2 8.5
2008-2009 9 4.8
2009-2010 (October) 8.337 14.6
Table 2: Showing Relation between GDP and Industrial production growth rate (%)
Coefficient of Correlation r (calculated from the data during 2006-2010)= .098
6.2. Interpretation
From the statistical analysis it is quite clear that there is positive correlation between IIP and GDP of a nation it
means it is a essential factor in determining GDP, it increases with IIP .IIP is also fluctuating with the GDP of
the country it is increasing from 2006 to 2008 during which the GDP is quite fluctuating .It was quite low in
2008-2009 due to some recessionary pressure but GDP was quite stable again IIP increased in 2010 to 14.6 with
stable GDP which indicate that’s that there must be some other factors on which GDP must depend.
Table 3: Showing Relation between GDP and Per Capita Income (In US $)
Year GDP - real growth rate (%) Per Capita Income(In US $)
2000-2001 5.5 2200
2001-2002 6 2540
2002-2003 4.3 2540
2003-2004 4.3 2900
2004-2005 8.3 3100
2005-2006 6.2 3400
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2006-2007 8.4 3800
2007-2008 9.2 2600
2008-2009 9 2500
2009-2010(October) 8.337 3700
Coefficient of Correlation r (calculated from the data during 2006-2010)= -.533
6.3. Interpretation
From the statistical analysis it is quite clear that there is negative correlation between PCI and GDP of a nation
which may be a essential factor in determining GDP, it increases with decrease in PCI .From the date collected
from 2006-2010 which is not much sufficient to make a proper analysis therefore it is quite amazing to find that
there is negative relation between PCI and GDP but may be important one in determining GDP of a nation.
Table 4: Showing Relation between GDP and Unemployment rate (in %)
Year GDP - real growth rate (%) Unemployment rate (in %)
2002-2003 4.3 8.80 %
2003-2004 4.3 9.50 %
2004-2005 8.3 9.20 %
2005-2006 6.2 8.90 %
2006-2007 8.4 7.80 %
2007-2008 9.2 7.20 %
2008-2009 9 6.80 %
2009-2010(October) 8.337 10.70 %
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Coefficient of Correlation r (calculated from the data during 2006-2010)= -.097
6.4. Interpretation
From the statistical analysis it is quite clear that there is negative correlation between unemployment and GDP
of a nation which may be a essential factor in determining GDP, it increases with decrease in unemployment
.From the date collected from 2006-2010 which is not much sufficient to make a proper analysis therefore it is
quite obvious to find that there is negative relation between unemployment and GDP and certainly a important
one in determining GDP of a nation. Therefore if want to increase our GDP we must bring down
Unemployment.
Table 5: Showing Relation between GDP and Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Year GDP - Real Growth Rate (%) Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) (%)
2000-2001 5.5 5.4
2001-2002 6 5.4
2002-2003 4.3 5.4
2003-2004 4.3 3.8
2004-2005 8.3 4.2
2005-2006 6.2 4.2
2006-2007 8.4 5.3
2007-2008 9.2 8.32
2008-2009 9 10.83
2009-2010(October) 8.337 12.21
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Coefficient of Correlation r (calculated from the data during 2006-2010)= .6122
6.5. Interpretation
From the statistical analysis it is quite clear that there is positive correlation between inflation and GDP of a
nation it means it is a essential factor in determining GDP, it increases with inflation .It is also fluctuating with
the GDP of the country it is increasing from 2008 to 2010 and is expected to increase further . The inflation
figures are more reliable because the base year to calculate inflation has been changed from 1996 to 2004.It also
indicates that inflation shows the progress of a country though it must be moderate around 9%. But it is certain
that along with GDP it shows growth of country and move in same direction.
7. FINDINGS
There are many economic forces not only two or three in numbers which directly or indirectly affects GDP
of a country.
Therefore we can say that GDP cannot be isolated from the other forces of the economy.
The Qualitative forces like literacy, unemployment etc which seems to be unrelated to the GDP also
contributed indirectly to the GDP of a country.
The factors like Inflation, FDI, Export, Industrial production directly contributed to the growth of the GDP
which further represent the growth of the Country.
The Coefficient of Correlation shows that the strength to which the different forces are correlated with
GDP.
The Coefficient of Correlation shows that the major contributing factors rare FDI, IIP, and Exports of a
Country.
The GDP of the country was quite fluctuating in the starting of the decade but it started stabilizing towards
the end of the decade due to increase in FDI, Exports, and IIP.
It is also clear that high inflation in a country leads to tighter monetary policies which further slower down
the IIP and hence GDP.
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8. CONCLUSION
From the research it is concluded that the GDP of the country is the symbol of the progress of the country and
the economic model proposed earlier in the research is quite complete and seems to be right. It may leads to
some variation from the practical results of the real world because the results are drawn from the data of the year
2006 onwards.
Simply we can say that GDP of a country cannot be treated isolated as there are many other secondary economic
forces which simultaneously act together with primary forces to guide the GDP of a Country.
So the authorities must consider all these secondary forces all together with the primary forces while framing
there policies for the GDP progress, though it is not possible to correct the variation in all these forces for any
economy and also policies cannot be framed with all these factors in consideration but efforts can be made.
As far as the economic interpretation of the model is concerned, the size of the domestic market is positively
related to foreign direct investment. The greater the market, the more customers and the more opportunities to
invest. Since FDI is mostly in the form of physical investment, investors would prefer the markets with better
infrastructure. The attractiveness of the host market also affects the FDI positively and significantly. In many
ways India’s principal problem remains that of boosting its rate of saving and investment from the current about
23% of GDP to over 30% of GDP in order to make growth prospects take a quantum jump and become
comparable with the high growth phases of the Chinese and East Asian economies. FDI becomes important in
its own right if it makes contributions towards technology progress; productivity spillovers and consolidating
niche export markets. This paper emphasizes the view that an enlightened FDI policy is to be seen as part of a
general policy of enhancing investment in this economy under conditions of sustained production efficiency.
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