Foreign Direct Investment in Africa : Policies Also Matter

Foreign Direct Investment in Africa : Policies Also Matter

Africa has not succeeded in attracting much foreign direct investment in the past few decades. When countries did attract multinational companies, it was principally because of their (abundant) natural resources and the size of their domestic marke...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morisset, Jacques
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS
BANKING SECTOR
BENCHMARK
BUSINESS CLIMATE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CORRUPTION
CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSES
DIRECT INVESTMENT
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EXPENDITURES
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
EXPORTS
FDI
FOREIGN COMPANIES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FREE TRADE
GDP
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH RATE
HOST COUNTRY
HOST ECONOMY
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY
LEGISLATION
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MANUFACTURING SECTORS
MARKET SIZE
MULTIPLIER EFFECT
MULTIPLIER EFFECTS
NATURAL RESOURCES
OIL
OIL RESERVES
PARLIAMENT
POLICY INTERVENTION
POLITICAL STABILITY
PORTFOLIO
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
POTENTIAL INVESTORS
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
STATISTICAL DATA
TARIFF BARRIERS
TELEPHONE LINES
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717449/foreign-direct-investment-africa-policies-also-matter
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19748

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717449/foreign-direct-investment-africa-policies-also-matter
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19748

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