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Africa’s Burden: Labour Markets, Natural Resources and the FDI ‘Reliance-Rejection’ Paradox
de Mauro, Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper will attempt to provide a comprehensive answer to the complex issue of development in sub-Saharan Africa by … identifying an FDI reliance-rejection paradox emanating from the incompatibility between colonial legacies and Structural … locked the continent in an FDI paradox that prevents it from funding its own development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259898
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Do Sufficient Institutions Alter the Relationship between Natural Resources and Economic Growth?
Zeynalov, Ayaz - 2014
The purpose of this paper is to test whether institutional governance and its performance is a main driving force to achieve a positive relationship between natural resources and economic growth in the long run. The main objective is to ascertain what kind of institutional governance would be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056564
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Foreign Aid and African Exporters: Help or Harm?
Ojeaga, Paul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Export growth is pursued by many developing countries as a path to economic prosperity. Consistent with this goal, many foreign donors have attempted to use aid to promote African exporters. The relationship between foreign aid and exports is a complex one as aid comes from different sources and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111574
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Diamonds and violence in Africa. Uncovering relationships and mechanisms.
Rigterink, Anouk S. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper investigates whether an increase in the international price of diamonds impacts violent activity in African countries that are diamond abundant and if so, through which mechanism(s). It concludes that an increase in the diamond price is positively related to violence in countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113665
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Re-Think Russian Investment in Southern Africa
Gerasimchuk, Ivetta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Russia’s direct investment of about USD 3 billon in Southern Africa over the past decade has placed before the country …’s government and corporate sector two choices in the accelerating race among foreign investors into Africa. The first choice is to … Walter Rodney, ‘underdeveloped Africa’ and involved a serious negative environmental impact. The second choice is one that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005052185
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Assessing the Impact of Ease of Doing Business and Corruption on Economic Growth for Africa Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) Member States
Bonga, Wellington Garikai - 2018
A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910879
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Openness and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Time series and cross-country analysis
Sanusi, Aliyu Rafindadi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper presents empirical evidence from a cross-section sample of thirty six Sub-Saharan African countries and time-series sample of selected seven. The evidence suggests that countries in the region that open generally tend to grow faster than those that are closed. However, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869269
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What Does FDI Inflow Mean For Emerging African Economies? Measuring the Regional Effects of FDI in Africa.
George, Emmanuel; Ojeaga, Paul; Adekola, Adetunji; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Can foreign direct investment (FDI) promote growth in Africa? What does the inflow of investment hold for African … emerging economies? Are the determinants of FDI different for different regional blocs in Africa? This study reviews the … implication of FDI for different regional blocs in Africa. FDI was found to have a significant effect on growth in North Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186474
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The Behavior of FDI in South Asian Countries
Majeed, Muhammad Tariq; Syed, Shabib Haider - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper analyzes the behavior of FDI in South Asian countries using panel data for the period 1970-2004. We applied … fixed effects model to identify the factors that determine FDI inflows. The analysis shows that GDP, trade openness, real … exchange rate, labor force and health expenditures affect FDI positively and significantly. While the impact of military …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110391
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Investment and resource policy under a modified Hotelling rule
Bazhanov, Andrei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
An extensive literature shows the importance of investment policy for sustainability of resource-based economies. The approaches of these studies are mostly based on theoretical results that examine the role of investments in a competitive optimizing economy. This paper extends some of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220101