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Foreign Direct Investment and child health outcomes in Africa

Immurana, Mustapha; Iddrisu, Abdul-Aziz; Owusu, Samuel; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-13

While several studies have examined the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on economic development indicators … studies that took account of health outcomes, none of them investigated the effect of FDI on child health outcomes across a … the highest rate of child mortality in the world. This study, therefore, investigates the effect of FDI on child health …

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Basic issues

Wohlmuth, Karl (contributor) - 2001

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Africa's progress in regional and global economic integration - towards new trade and investment policies

Alabi, Reuben Adeolu (ed.); Gutowski, Achim (ed.); … - 2016

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Foreign direct investment and poverty in sub-Saharan African countries : the role of host absorptive capacity

Arogundade, Sodiq; Biyase, Mduduzi; Eita, Hinaunye - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-22

This study examines the role of human capital and institutional quality on the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI …-causality test. There are three main important findings from this empirical study: (1) FDI does not have a direct impact on the … incidence and intensity of poverty. (2) the impact of FDI is contingent on the absorptive capacity of the host country. The …

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Foreign direct investments nexus unemployment in East African IGAD member countries a panel data approach

Woldetensaye, Wondimhunegn Atilaw; Sirah, Endashaw Sisay; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-18

This study aims to examine between foreign direct investments nexus unemployment in the Intergovernmental Authority for Development member countries from East Africa. The study employed panel data approach for member countries from the year of 1996-2021. It concluded that annual unemployment...

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Tax incentives, ease of doing business and inflows of FDI in Africa : does governance matter?

Abille, Adamu Braimah; Mumuni, Sulemana - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-17

differences in the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) as established in the literature. However, this study contends that … institutional quality indicators are critical to complement the role of the EDB in attracting the desired FDI into Africa. For … tax, un-interacted EDB, and the interplay between EDB and governance indicators on the net inflows of FDI using data from …

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The moderating role of ICT on the relationship between foreign direct investment and the quality of environment in selected African countries

Jakada, Aminu Hassan; Suraya Mahmood; Ali, Umar Ahmad; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-18

FDI and environmental quality for six leading African economies from 1970 to 2020. The second-generation tests are used to …-sectional dependency is used. The results of the study reveal that ICT, FDI, economic growth, and financial development degrade … environmental quality. The interacting effect of ICT and FDI (ICT*FDI) leads to escalation of CO2 emissions thereby deteriorating …

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The nexus among foreign direct investment in renewable electricity industry, renewable electricity production, and economic growth in Africa

Rashed, Ahmed; Yong, Chen Chen; Soon, Siew-Voon - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-23

Africa is still struggling to mitigate its electricity insecurity issues. This situation renders foreign direct investment in the renewable electricity industry (FDIREI) and renewable electricity production (REP) to become simultaneously important to Africa. Using a novel dataset of FDIREI, this...

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Estimating the modulating role of economic development on the effect of elections on government expenditure in Africa

Quaicoe, Serebour - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-19

The study contributes to the political economy debate in Africa by examining the extent to which economic development mediates the effect of elections on government expenditure. To this end, the study employs macrodata spanning 1985-2015 on 43 African countries for the analysis. Robust evidence...

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Elections, economic development and debt servicing in Africa

Quaicoe, Serebour - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-20

Despite the growing public debate on fiscal surprise during election periods in jurisdictions where the democratic dispensation is young, comprehensive empirical works to this effect in the case of Africa are hard to find. This study, therefore, sought to contribute to the debate on two counts....

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