Essays about: "Chinese investment in Africa"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 essays containing the words Chinese investment in Africa.

  1. 6. The transformed relevance of economic freedom in Africa and influence from Chinese FDI : A fixed effects panel data study from 2009 to 2019

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Oskar Högström; Ida Norén; [2021]
    Keywords : Africa; China; economic freedom; FDI; foreign direct investments; fixed effects; panel data;

    Abstract : During the last 20 years there has been a rapid increase of Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. Through examination of published research, we discover that Chinese FDI does not appear to clearly follow traditional assumptions of FDI. Especially in relation to economic freedom. READ MORE

  3. 7. China in Africa : An act of Neo-colonialism or a win-win relationship?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Pontus Karlsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Neo-colonialism; Political influence; Cultural influence; Economic influence; Foreign investment; Foreign directed aid.;

    Abstract : This study aims to bring clarity to a discussion of whether the Chinese relationship with Africa can be regarded as an act of Neo-colonialism or if it contains Neo-colonial elements. As China has increasingly engaged with the continent giving extensive amounts of foreign aid and loans as well as intensifying their trade relations, the question arises whether or not this can be connected to Neo-colonial dynamics. READ MORE

  4. 8. Stock market integration between the BRICS countries : Long-term investment opportunities

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Richard Konradsson; Theodor Porss; [2019]
    Keywords : BRICS; cointegration; diversification; causality; systematic risk; risk-premium;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the long-term diversification opportunities that exists for global investors among the BRICS nations. It analyzes how risk-averse investors can allocate funds between the countries in order to maximize the expected return in relation to the overall risk. READ MORE

  5. 9. Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Africa. Its determinants and the impact of the One Belt, One Road initiative.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elisabetta Di Vito; [2019]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the past two decades, African countries have become the destination of increasing investments of Chinese multinational enterprises. This phenomenon is supposed to be strengthened under China’s One Belt, One Road, a strategy announced in 2013 with the aim of stimulating commercial relations among Asia, Europe, and Africa. READ MORE

  6. 10. Do Foreign Direct Investments affect Exports? The case of China’s involvement in the African economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : David Nisell; [2017]
    Keywords : Foreign direct investment; Export; Multinational enterprise; Africa; China; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : China has over the last decades clearly increased its foreign direct investments (FDI) in Africa. This has gained public attention and the question has been raised whether China’s growing investments could be harmful for the local African economy. READ MORE