Dissertation Proposal: FDI, Internal Laws, and Int'l Organizations

This dissertation proposal aims to examine the concept of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and internal laws within the context of international organizations situated in India and Africa. It seeks to answer subsidiary research questions related to the definition of FDI, its impact on international organizations in Africa and India, and effective strategies for improvement. The research objectives include reviewing the concept of FDI, determining its impact alongside internal laws, and supporting strategies for improved FDI. Key issues to be discussed involve the national policy of Africa and India on FDI, legal and financial structures for promoting FDI, and bilateral and multilateral investment treaties. The proposal also identifies key actors and their roles, regulatory instruments such as the Bilateral Investment Treaty for African States, the Pan-African Investment Code, and the Foreign Exchange Management Act in India, along with relevant publications for the dissertation.

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Module Name: Dissertation
DISSERTATION PROPOSAL
Student number:
Student name:
Date of submission: via email to Elena Blanco
The aims of this exercise are to:
-identify the topic you will write your dissertation on,
-identify the aims and issues surrounding the research topic.
THIS EXERCISE DOES NOT CARRY ANY MARK. HOWEVER, YOU WILL RECEIVE FEEDBACK.
Please note the word limit before your complete the form.
 Research question and aims of the research: 200 words
 Key issues: 300 words
Research question: (identify the research topic you want to work on and formulate a question
based on the research project. You will write your FFR cw and, later, your dissertation based on
this research question)
Examine in detail the concept of Foreign direct investment and internal laws within the context of
international organizations situated in India and Africa.
Subsidiary research questions-
 What is the concept of Foreign direct investment ?
 What is the impact of Foreign direct investment and internal laws of Africa and India on
international organizations?
 What are the effective ways and strategy to improve the Foreign direct investment within
India and Africa?
Aims of the research: (identify what you want to achieve from this research project and why it is
important to conduct this research)

Research Aim -
To analysis the concept of Foreign direct investment and internal laws along with determining its
impact on international organizations.
Research Objectives-
 To review about the concept of Foreign direct investment
 To determine about the impact of Foreign direct investment and internal laws of Africa
and India on international organizations.
 To support effective ways and strategy to have improved Foreign direct investment within
India and Africa.
Key issues: (identify three main issues that will be discussed in the research project. For example,
these issues can be the legal instruments you want to examine; weaknesses of laws and policies;
lack of rights; impacts of law on people and/or environment)
 Legal issue which will examine National policy of Africa and India on FDI.
 Legal and Financial structure for promoting the FDI.
 Bilateral and Multilateral Investment treaties for FDI.
Key Actors and their role
 The investor company receive many benefit other than capital flow in form of technical
strategic knowledge, know-how and inputs.
 FDI becomes important source of private external finance for developing country. This is
different from other kind of external private capital flow in this, it is motivated largely
from investor, long-term prospect to make profit in production activity on which they
have direct control.
Three regulatory instruments (Treaties, Codes of Conduct, National Laws,….)

 The Bilateral Investment Treaty for African State launched on 12 July 2022.
 The Pan-African Investment Code aim on making balanced investment regime which
protects and promotes investment at time of conserving policy space in host states.
Article 10(3) of this code permit state to grant investors and investment preferential
treatment. Article 10(4) preserve right of state for deny investor benefits of the PAIC.
Article 10(6) of PAIC mentions the national treatment do not apply on this.
 The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 in India and Protection of Investment Act
22 of 2015 in Africa
Three publications that are related to your topic and you will use in your dissertation
(academic articles, reports, case studies)
Ephraim Monde Faku, 'The Regulatory And Policy Variables Influencing FDI In South Africa'
[2021] Journal of Public Affairs.
Dumisani Pamba, 'The Symmetric Effects Of Fiscal Policy On FDI Inflows. Evidence From South
Africa' [2022] SSRN Electronic Journal.
Yujin Ahn, 'FDI Inflows In India: A Global Policy Period Analysis' (2020) 3 PRAGATI : Journal of
Indian Economy.