What role does China play in Africa''s development? What drives China''s increasing economic involvement in the … government policies, markets for each other''s exports, Africa''s demand for infrastructure, and differences in China''s approach … to financing have together moved commercial activities-trade and investment-to the center of China-Africa economic …

Using a dataset which breaks down FDI flows into primary, secondary and tertiary sector investments and a GMM dynamic …/qualitative determinants of FDI in a sample of emerging market and developed economies. While FDI flows into the primary sector show little …

Recent studies have highlighted the adverse impact of corruption on economic performance. This paper advances the … hypothesis that corruption is largely a symptom of underlying weaknesses in public policies and institutions, a formulation that … provides deeper insights into economic performance than do measures of “perceived corruption.” The hypothesis is tested by …

discretion and hence the space for policy errors; (2) human resource policies, capacity building, effective anti-corruption …

undermine the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), official development assistance (ODA) and migrants' remittances on … economic expansion. Based on neoclassical growth framework, the theoretical model indicates that FDI, ODA, and remittances …

Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) tend to lag those in most other regions in terms of governance and perceptions of … corruption. Weak governance undermines economic performance through various channels, including deficiencies in government … performance by improving governance and reducing corruption. This paper estimates that strengthening governance and mitigating …

Corruption, particularly political or “grand” corruption, distorts the entire decision-making process connected with … shows that higher corruption is associated with (i) higher public investment; (ii) lower government revenues; (iii) lower … corruption increases public investment while reducing its productivity. These are five channels through which corruption lowers …

extent of state regulatory activities. Rising corruption also has a clearly positive impact on the growth of the shadow …