Does foreign direct investment generate economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa?

Does foreign direct investment generate economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa?

The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between economic growth and the inflow of foreign direct investment in the SSA region. Secondary data from organizations and institutes are used to examine if other factors may affect total GDP, in addition to FDI. The estimations used in the...

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Main Author: Hojjati Moghaddam, Mona
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper 2015
Subjects:
Economic growth
FDI
endogenous growth
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-27859
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-sh-278592015-06-26T05:07:47ZDoes foreign direct investment generate economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa?engHojjati Moghaddam, MonaSödertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper2015Economic growthFDIendogenous growthThe aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between economic growth and the inflow of foreign direct investment in the SSA region. Secondary data from organizations and institutes are used to examine if other factors may affect total GDP, in addition to FDI. The estimations used in the regression are foreign direct investment, property rights, level of corruption, logistic performance index, education level, initial GDP and life expectancy.  Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-27859application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Economic growth
FDI
endogenous growth
spellingShingle Economic growth
FDI
endogenous growth
Hojjati Moghaddam, Mona
Does foreign direct investment generate economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa?
description The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between economic growth and the inflow of foreign direct investment in the SSA region. Secondary data from organizations and institutes are used to examine if other factors may affect total GDP, in addition to FDI. The estimations used in the regression are foreign direct investment, property rights, level of corruption, logistic performance index, education level, initial GDP and life expectancy. 
author Hojjati Moghaddam, Mona
author_facet Hojjati Moghaddam, Mona
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title Does foreign direct investment generate economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa?
title_short Does foreign direct investment generate economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa?
title_full Does foreign direct investment generate economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa?
title_fullStr Does foreign direct investment generate economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa?
title_full_unstemmed Does foreign direct investment generate economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa?
title_sort does foreign direct investment generate economic growth in sub saharan africa?
publisher Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper
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