Publisher's Synopsis
This is a study concerned with two important issues facing developing countries in general and Nepal in particular: how to attract foreign investment and how to benefit from it. It also compares foreign investment policy in Nepal with that in other developing countries and makes financial and economic analyses of foreign investment and technology transfer firms in Nepal.;This analysis is the outcome of a comprehensive study on foreign investment in Nepal and sets out in detail estimates of financial and economic returns. It also introduces a cost-benefit model which can be used in analysing the impact of foreign investment to developing countries and provides a review of recent literature on Export Processing Zones (EPZs).