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This paper discusses some puzzles in the contemporary macroeconomic scene in India, from the perspective of public finance and economic development. These include a fiscal deficit higher than it was during the 1991 crisis, but without a large current account deficit or rise in inflation or...
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(FDI) and economic growth in 46 African countries between 2002 and 2018. Based on panel data modelling, the empirical … findings suggest that FDI in itself does not promote economic growth in Africa; however, we observe that human capital and … institutional quality play a supportive role in enhancing the positive spillover effect of FDI on economic growth in upper …
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contributes to inclusive growth in the region. The study further investigates whether SSA's institutional fabric modulates the … effect of FDI on inclusive growth in SSA. To this end, we draw data on 42 SSA countries for the period 1990 - 2020 for the … analysis. The evidence, which are based on the GMM estimator shows that: (1) though FDI fosters inclusive growth in SSA, the …
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In line with the SDG 10 and Aspiration 1 of Africa's Agenda 2063, this study examines whether: (i) the remarkable inflow of Chinese FDI to Africa matters for bridging the continent's marked income inequality gap, (ii) Africa's institutional fabric is effective in propelling Chinese FDI towards...
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various governance dynamics on inclusive growth in SSA. We do this by testing two hypotheses first, whether unconditionally …, political stability, and voice and accountability) foster inclusive growth in SSA; and second, whether these governance dynamics … engender positive synergy with FDI on inclusive growth in SSA. Using data from the World Bank's World Governance Indicators and …
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various governance dynamics on inclusive growth in SSA. We do this by testing two hypotheses first, whether unconditionally …, political stability, and voice and accountability) foster inclusive growth in SSA; and second, whether these governance dynamics … engender positive synergy with FDI on inclusive growth in SSA. Using data from the World Bank’s World Governance Indicators and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222522
Investors all too often assign a uniform broad - brush risk rating to Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, with over 40 nations and a landmass nearly twice that of Europe, there is clearly reason to suggest risk - return in Sub-Saharan Africa is unique across countries and specific to local experiences. In...
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In line with the SDG 10 and Aspiration 1 of Africa’s Agenda 2063, this study examines whether: (i) the remarkable inflow of Chinese FDI to Africa matters for bridging the continent’s marked income inequality gap, (ii) Africa’s institutional fabric is effective in propelling Chinese FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013298858
is assessed in terms of the 'flying-geese' growth model that explains how comparatively disadvantaged industries in such …
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This study investigates the impact of institutional quality on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows using panel data for low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high-income countries for the sample period of 1996-2016 using the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). The empirical results...
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