Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper explores the landscape, contributions, and determinants of sovereign wealth funds' long-term investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study finds that of all regions, Africa receives the lowest share of investment from sovereign wealt...

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Main Authors: Diallo, Boubacar, Tchana Tchana, Fulbert, Zeufack, Albert G.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736301480964634718/Sovereign-wealth-funds-and-long-term-investments-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa
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spelling okr-10986-258022021-06-08T14:42:46Z Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa Diallo, Boubacar Tchana Tchana, Fulbert Zeufack, Albert G. sovereing wealth funds investment investment portfolio economic model risk returns political interests This paper explores the landscape, contributions, and determinants of sovereign wealth funds' long-term investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study finds that of all regions, Africa receives the lowest share of investment from sovereign wealth funds, and the landscape is dominated by Asian funds. The investment strategies of sovereign wealth funds established by African countries tend to be to invest less domestically and more abroad, contrary to Asian funds. In addition, using an enriched simple mean-variance portfolio model with an exponential utility function, the analysis shows that the investment rate of return and political connections have a positive and significant effect on sovereign wealth fund investments, and risk exerts a negative but not significant effect. The paper confirms these results empirically, using a database that includes 26 sovereign wealth fund investments over 1985-2013. Hence, sovereign wealth funds investing in Africa care more about high returns and the political interests of their country of origin than the risk of their investment. 2017-01-04T20:43:03Z 2017-01-04T20:43:03Z 2016-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736301480964634718/Sovereign-wealth-funds-and-long-term-investments-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25802 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7903 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic sovereing wealth funds
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returns
political interests
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investment
investment portfolio
economic model
risk
returns
political interests
Diallo, Boubacar
Tchana Tchana, Fulbert
Zeufack, Albert G.
Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7903
description This paper explores the landscape, contributions, and determinants of sovereign wealth funds' long-term investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study finds that of all regions, Africa receives the lowest share of investment from sovereign wealth funds, and the landscape is dominated by Asian funds. The investment strategies of sovereign wealth funds established by African countries tend to be to invest less domestically and more abroad, contrary to Asian funds. In addition, using an enriched simple mean-variance portfolio model with an exponential utility function, the analysis shows that the investment rate of return and political connections have a positive and significant effect on sovereign wealth fund investments, and risk exerts a negative but not significant effect. The paper confirms these results empirically, using a database that includes 26 sovereign wealth fund investments over 1985-2013. Hence, sovereign wealth funds investing in Africa care more about high returns and the political interests of their country of origin than the risk of their investment.
format Working Paper
author Diallo, Boubacar
Tchana Tchana, Fulbert
Zeufack, Albert G.
author_facet Diallo, Boubacar
Tchana Tchana, Fulbert
Zeufack, Albert G.
author_sort Diallo, Boubacar
title Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort sovereign wealth funds and long-term investments in sub-saharan africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736301480964634718/Sovereign-wealth-funds-and-long-term-investments-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa
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