The impact of HIV/AIDS on foreign direct investment : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Elizabeth Asiedu, Yi Jin, Isaac K. Kanyama

We construct a theoretical model that examines the relationship between HIV/AIDS and foreign direct investment and employ panel data from 41 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to test the implications of the model. We find that HIV/AIDS has a negative but diminishing effect on FDI. Furthermore, the adverse effect occurs even when the HIV prevalence rate is as low as 0.1%. The result has important policy implications for SSA countries.

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Year of publication:	December 2015
Authors:	Asiedu, Elizabeth ; Jin, Yi ; Kanyama, Isaac K.
Published in:	Journal of African trade : official journal of the African Export-Import Bank. - Cairo, Egypt : African Export-Import Bank, ISSN 2214-8523, ZDB-ID 2819885-2. - Vol. 2.2015, 1/2, p. 1-17
Subject:	Foreign direct investment \| HIV/AIDS \| Subsahara-Afrika \| Sub-Saharan Africa \| Auslandsinvestition \| Foreign investment \| AIDS

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1016/j.joat.2015.01.001 [DOI] hdl:10419/194331 [Handle]
Classification:	F21 - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements ; i15 ; O19 - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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