Making foreign direct investment work for Sub-Saharan Africa : local spillovers and competitiveness in global value chains

Thomas Farole; Deborah Winkler eds.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is becoming increasingly critical to the economies of developing countries, in part due to a major expansion in the scope of global value chains (GVCs), whereby lead firms outsource parts of their production and services activities across complex international networks. While FDI delivers a number of important contributions in terms of investment, employment, and foreign exchange, it is its spillover potential - the productivity gain resulting from the diffusion of knowledge and technology from foreign investors to local firms and workers - that is perhaps the m

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Year of publication:	2014
Other Persons:	Farole, Thomas (contributor) ; Winkler, Deborah (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington, DC : World Bank
Subject:	Auslandsinvestition \| Foreign investment \| Spillover-Effekt \| Spillover effect \| Subsahara-Afrika \| Sub-Saharan Africa \| Betriebliche Wertschöpfung \| Value creation \| Lieferkette \| Supply chain \| Technologietransfer \| Technology transfer
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (302 p)
Series:	Directions in Development Directions in Development--Trade
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Editors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Overview; Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Context, Objectives, and Methodology; Abstract; Why Does FDI Matter for Developing Countries?; Figures; Figure 1.1 Global Growth of FDI, 1971-2011; Spillovers: What Do We Know Already? What Gaps Remain in Our Understanding?; Introduction to This Book; Boxes; Box 1.1 Why Do GVCs Matter in the Discussion of FDI Spillovers?; Tables; Table 1.1 How "Spillovers" Are Defined in This Book; Table 1.2 Country and Sector Coverage Box 1.2 Limitations on Robustness of Survey FindingsTable 1.3 Overview of Methodological Approach; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework; Abstract; Introduction; Figure 2.1 The Role of Mediating Factors for FDI Spillovers: A Conceptual Framework; Where and How Do Spillovers Occur?; The Role of Mediating Factors; Conclusions; Notes; References; Part 2 Quantitative Studies; Chapter 3 The Role of Mediating Factors for FDI Spillovers in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Global Dataset; Abstract; Introduction; Empirical Model; Regression Results Table 3.1 FDI Spillover Potential, FDI SpilloversTable 3.2 Absorptive Capacity, FDI Spillovers; Table 3.3 National Characteristics, FDI Spillovers; Conclusions; Annex 3A; Annex 3B; Annex 3C; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Determining the Nature and Extent of Spillovers: Empirical Assessment; Abstract; Introduction; Which Foreign Investor Characteristics Increase the FDI Spillover Potential?; Table 4.1 Number of Firms by Type of Firm and Sector; Table 4.2 Performance Indicators, Foreign Investors versus Domestic Producers; Table 4.3 Linkages, Foreign Investors versus Domestic Producers Table 4.4 Supplier Assistance, Foreign Investors versus Domestic ProducersTable 4.5 Foreign Investor Characteristics, Definition; Table 4.6 Premia by Foreign Investor Characteristics; Which Absorptive Capacities Facilitate FDI Linkages?; Table 4.7 Distribution of Suppliers by Sector; Table 4.8 Definition of Supplier Characteristics; Table 4.9 Supplier Premia by Absorptive Capacity; Table 4.10 The Effect of Suppliers' Absorptive Capacity on Output Share to Foreign Firms; Which Factors within Transmission Channels Support FDI Spillovers? Table 4.11 The Effect of Suppliers' Absorptive Capacity with Supplier Relationship of at Least Three Years on Output Share to Foreign FirmsTable 4.12 Supplier Premia by Factors within Transmission Channels; Table 4.13 The Effect of Factors within Transmission Channels on the Probability of Starting to Export, Probit; Table 4.14 The Effect of Assistance on the Probability of Starting to Export due to Relationship with Foreign Firm, Part 1, Probit; Table 4.15 The Effect of Assistance on the Probability of Starting to Export due to Relationship with Foreign Firm, Part 2, Probit; Conclusions Notes en_US
ISBN:	978-1-4648-0127-3 ; 978-1-4648-0126-6
Other identifiers:	hdl:10986/16390 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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