Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be limited … money as a tool to promote agricultural investment. For this purpose, we designed and conducted a field experiment with a … interest was being paid. It also increased agricultural investment in fertilizer, although there was no change in investment in …

the United States called Opportunity Zones (OZs). The goal of this provision was to spur private investment in OZs in … the impact of OZs on commercial investment and economic activity. Using data on the universe of all significant commercial … investments in the United States, we find that OZ selection led to practically no increase in investment in OZs. These findings …

While the recent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) to African countries is a welcome development, the … the impact of FDI on development is through its effects on domestic factor markets, especially domestic investment and … employment. In this context, this study analyses the two-way linkages between FDI and domestic investment in Sub-Saharan Africa …

questions about the World's largest-scale test case of internal migration and strongly suggest a need for further research. …

, where we observe lower agricultural activity and investment. At the same time, remittances received and welfare of rural …

documented by Monte Carlo experiments. An empirical application to modelling of real GDP growth and investment-output ratios … dominant effects are found. The results also suggest that increase in investment as a share of GDP predict higher growth rate …