While the recent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) to African countries is a welcome development, the … the impact of FDI on development is through its effects on domestic factor markets, especially domestic investment and … employment. In this context, this study analyses the two-way linkages between FDI and domestic investment in Sub-Saharan Africa …

A large body of evidence suggests that poor countries tend to invest less (have lower PPP - adjusted investment rates …) and to face higher relative prices of investment goods. It has been suggested that this happens either because these … countries have lower TFP in the investment - good producing sectors, or because they are subject to greater investment …

Has financial liberalization improved the efficiency with which investment funds are allocated to competing uses? In … index of the efficiency of investment allocation that measures whether, and to which extent, investment funds are going to … investment funds are allocated. This conclusion holds after a series of robustness checks and is consistent with firm level …

private investment as a share of GDP in a sample of 78 developing countries. Our empirical results suggest important …) investment, there is also a robust negative effect from a measure of export concentration. After controlling for these two … suggested investment determinants, such as measures of the quality of institutions, political instability or macroeconomic …

Contrary to mainstream consensus on the dominance of English common law countries in investment prospects, this paper … in private investment. The assessment is based on 38 African countries for the period 1996-2007. The law mechanisms of … North African) have influenced a plethora of investment dynamics (domestic, foreign, private and public). The dominance of …

intermediary channels of depth, efficiency, activity and size. The findings show that legal origin matters in the finance-investment … nexus, though its ability to explain aggregate investment dynamics only through financial intermediary channels is limited …

To understand and appreciate the crucial role privates' investment plays in developing economies towards it sustainable …' Investment in developing countries, however narrowed the study on the economy of Ghana for the hypothetical test. For this very … reason, the study sought to establish an empirical evidence between corporate tax and it impacts on private investment using …

The first part of the discussion paper documents trends in private and public fixed investment. On average for the 47 … countries covered (including, for the first time in this series, China), 1997 was a record year for private investment, which … investment declined to 7.2 percent of GDP, its lowest level since 1975. The largest 1997 increases in private investment were in …

This article reviews the impact of intellectual property (IP) protection on foreign direct investment (FDI) by … found that the effect of IP protection on investment decisions by MNEs differs according to the development level of the …

investigate the effect of FDI on private investment. It also explores if the relationship between FDI and private investment is … investment is more important than FDI in terms of the contribution to total investment, and that FDI inflows and private … investment are higher in countries with good governance. Interestingly, the findings demonstrate that FDI tends to displace …