This paper tries to empirically verify the argument that institutional factors such as enforcement mechanisms, political and economic stability, stable and reliable, transparent legal and regulatory framework and corruption are critical in explaining the behaviour of the foreign direct...

The major focus of this paper is on the relationship between political, social and economic institutions and Foreign Direct Investment in developing economies. For a decade, the relationship between institutions and Foreign Direct Investment has been receiving growing attention. The link between...

This paper examines macroeconomic performance and policy environment of post-independent sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) vis-à-vis remittance flows to the sub-region. The paper finds that SSA is the only developing region in the world that still depends on foreign aid as its leading external non-debt...