. Double bootstrap and truncated regression results show that improvements in governance, promotion of FDI, and information …

Economic rationale for granting special incentives for attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is based on the … belief that FDI bridges the 'idea gaps' between rich and the poor. Empirical literature however finds controversial, the … effects of FDI on productivity growth. This paper contributes to the existing studies by applying the rho's rank correlation …

We investigate the relative long run growth impact of each of the two main types of Africa's private capital inflows …, namely Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Cross-Border Bank Lending (CROSSBANK). In addition to controlling for some factors …) all the African economies except the SANE (South Africa, Algeria, Nigeria and Egypt), which are considered Africa's growth …

reduction) in Africa. Using FDI net inflows per capita and the United Nations Development Program’s Human Development Index as … and poverty reduction in Africa but find significant differences among African regions. We also find that FDI has a … between FDI and poverty reduction is positive and significant for economic communities in Central and East Africa, it is non …

paper is to find point the reasons of the foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. Africa's FDI inflows are highly …Africa is in competition for international capital and resources and is currently ranked in the same category as Latin … with special reference to Africa. The rise of India and China in Africa is seen in the current years. The purpose of this …

(FDI) between 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity … gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 11 percent of … is weaker than for FDI spillovers. The paper also gives a detailed account of why our study leads to results different …

rates of FDI as well as domestic capital formation. This "investment hunger" can lead to unanticipated declines in the …