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This paper examines FDI determinants in the BRICS and MINT throughout the conditional distributions of FDI for the period 2001-2011. An instrumental variable quantile regression estimation strategy is employed based on the intuition that, the determinants are contingent on initial or existing...
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We assess drivers of FDI in a panel of BRICS and MINT countries for the period 2001-2011. We bundle and unbundle governance determinants using a battery of contemporary and non-contemporary estimation techniques. The following findings are established. First, for both contemporary and...
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The objective of this study is to assess governance drivers of FDI in a panel of BRICS and MINT countries for the period 2001-2011. We bundle and unbundle governance determinants using a battery of contemporary and non-contemporary estimation techniques. Our findings reveal the following:...
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The objectives of this paper are to investigate the effect of ICT on sustainable development and the mechanisms through which the effect is modulated. The methodology involves the: (i) Fixed Effects estimator to control for individual heterogeneity, (ii) Driscoll and Kraay estimator to control...
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This paper constructs a theoretical model to explain the relationship between IFRS adoption, FDI and foreign aid. Using the SGMM estimation technique to check the issue of endogeneity and reverse causality, this relationship was examined on 92 countries for the period 2003-2012. Overall, IFRS...
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The present study assesses how governance affects information and communication technology at the global level contingent on macroeconomic policy factors such as trade, foreign investment, manufacturing value added and agriculture value added. The focus of the study is on 183 countries for the...
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This study dissects with great acuteness some of the big questions on China-Africa relations in order to debunk … direction of China-Africa relations. In the mean, the relationship from an economic standpoint is promising and encouraging but … management. A number of positive signs suggest that China is heading toward the direction which would provide openings for a …
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model has failed to deliver on a number of objectives. This is increasingly evident because China's economic diplomacy has … the survey. The paper puts some structure on China's economic diplomatic strategies and discusses lessons for Africa …, China and the West. It contributes to existing literature by critically assessing why it is necessary for the West to modify …
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In line with the SDG 10 and Aspiration 1 of Africa's Agenda 2063, this study examines whether: (i) the remarkable inflow of Chinese FDI to Africa matters for bridging the continent's marked income inequality gap, (ii) Africa's institutional fabric is effective in propelling Chinese FDI towards...
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eight main strands include, China: targeting nations with abundant natural resources; focusing on countries with bad … her operations and local businesses; exporting low quality products to Africa; and the emergence of China hindering Africa …
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