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determinants of FDI in Africa as well as a detailed firm-level survey conducted in 2000 …How can Africa, the world's most lagging region, benefit from globalisation and achieve sustained economic growth …? Africa needs greater investment by Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) to improve competitiveness and generate more growth …
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of foreign firms to technological capability building in the developing economies with a focus on South Africa, Kenya …
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This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …
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This study examines the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth considering the … ensure the positive association between FDI and growth once these threshold levels are exceeded. The policy implication of … this study is that policies directed towards attracting FDI should go along with and not precede policies that aim at …
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Purpose - This paper introduces previously missing financial components (efficiency, activity and size) in the assessment of the finance-investment nexus. Design/Methodology/Approach - VAR models in the perspectives of VECM and short-run Granger causality are employed. Usage of optimally...
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significant relationship between net FDI inflows and welfare improvement in North Africa, although we do find significant …, education and financial market development. Hence, at the aggregate level, FDI contributes to economic growth in North Africa …This paper examines the relationship between FDI inflows and welfare improvement in North African countries. Using net …
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economy in a global competitive arena, taking a posteriori perspective of Africa politico-economic climate …
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A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...
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In the 3 years before the 2008 Financial Crisis, GDP growth in sub Saharan Africa (averaged over individual economies … significant Chinese FDI flows into these countries, accounting for up to 10% of total inward FDI flows for certain countries in … inward FDI. We follow Solow (1957), Dennison (1962), and others and use data for individual economies between 1990 and 2008 …
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