Essays about: "Foreign direct investment for developing countries"

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  1. 1. Land grabbing in Ghana - A false promise? : Neo-colonialism or a development opportunity?

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Olivia Albers; Suhuur Anwar Muhammed; [2023]
    Keywords : : Land grabbing; Neo-colonialism; Development opportunity; Ghana; Brong-Ahafo; Ashanti; Volta; Customary land tenure system; Nkrumah;

    Abstract : A global land rush developed during the last decade, spared primiarly by the sharp rise inglobal food prices between 2007 and 2008. The inceased international food prices resulted inincreased interest from foreign actors to invest in agricultural land in developing countries inthe global south. READ MORE

  3. 2. Foreign Direct Investment to Encourage Sustainable Development in South America

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Gabriela Isabel Otero Lastra; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainable development; economic growth; social development; environmental conservation; foreign direct investment; South America.; Business and Economics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The seventeen sustainable development goals are the response of the United Nations to make efforts for economic growth, social development, and environmental conservation. International organizations, governments, and the private sector play a fundamental role to achieve the 2030 Agenda of sustainable development. READ MORE

  4. 3. Economic Growth and Health A CASE STUDY OF SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Akanksha Jalota; [2022]
    Keywords : health production; infant mortality; life expectancy; economic growth; SSA;

    Abstract : This paper examined the nexus between health care expenditure and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is widely acknowledged that health is a type of human capital and a critical factor in the process of economic growth. Health production, in turn, is a major determinant of health outcomes. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Impact of Perceived Corruption Index on Foreign Direct Investments in Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mikael Lagging; [2022]
    Keywords : Corruption; Foreign direct investment; Gravity model; Africa; OECD; China; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates the impact of corruption perception index (CPI) on foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from China and 34 OECD source countries to 54 African host countries using the gravitational model. China is of particular interest as it has become Africa’s largest trading partner as well as the greatest investor among the developing countries in Africa, in addition to Chinese firms having increased their presence in African countries rich in natural resources and poor infrastructure where the scope of corruption is considerable. READ MORE

  6. 5. Foreign Direct Investment and Welfare: Is Sub-Saharan Africa Different?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Aida Ranjkeshan; [2021]
    Keywords : Sub-Saharan Africa; Foreign Direct Investment; Poverty; Human Development; HDI; Fixed Effects; General Method of Moments; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is often considered to be favorable to long-run economic growth and has in recent years been promoted as a poverty-reducing tool. Although FDI to developing countries has increased rapidly in recent decades, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been unsuccessful in attracting large inflows of FDI. READ MORE