Essays about: "the impact of FDI in developing countries"

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1. 1. Could foreign direct investments be a liability in Sub Saharan Africa in terms of corruption and the environment?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Albin Bonde Sundberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Foreign Direct Investments Corruption Environment Exploitation; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Abstract This paper's objective is to bring context and important findings on how foreign direct investments can impact Sub Saharan Africa. Based on previous research and theory data has been collected and gone through several econometric tests to set up two different panel datas: 1. How FDI can impact CO2 emissions. 2. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. US Model of Democratic Governance and China's Model of Authoritarian Capitalism : Africans' Perception of these Transnational Political Processes of Governance

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Franklin Etarh; [2021]
   Keywords : democratic governance; authoritarian capitalism; human rights and freedom; Africa; Perception;

   Abstract : As the debate on greater socio-economic rights promulgated by China’s model of authoritarian capitalism or greater human rights and freedom championed by the US model of democratic governance continues to spread across developing countries, this thesis investigates how Africans perceive these two transnational political processes. This is an exploratory sequential mixed method research with data collected through an expert interview of 10 participants from 7 African countries and the quantitative data gotten from Afrobarometer Round 8 survey. READ MORE

5. 4. Renewable Energy Consumption and Foreign Direct Investment : Bangladesh's Case

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Sumaya Tasnim; [2020]
   Keywords : economic growth; Renewable energy consumption; FDI; Vector Error Correction model;

   Abstract : FDI investment is a vital factor for the developing countries economic growth. Apart from working as a catalyst of increasing total output level, FDI is a source of clean energy, technology transfer and energy efficiency. There have been very limited studies on the impact of FDI on renewable energy consumption in the context of Bangladesh. READ MORE

6. 5. The employment elasticity of economic growth - A global study of trends and determinants for the years 2000-2017.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Victoria Morén; Elias Wändal; [2019-09-05]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : In this paper, the employment elasticity of economic growth is calculated for 168 countries globally. The employment elasticity refers to the percentage change in employment associated with a 1% increase in GDP. Therefore, the higher the employment elasticity, the more labor-intensive growth. READ MORE