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Investment and Competitiveness in Africa

Part of the Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development Book Series

Editors: Seck, Diery

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44787-2

ISBN: 978-3-319-44786-5

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Nov 25, 2016

1 - 10 of 11 Chapters

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The Performance of African Stock Markets Before and After the Global Financial Crisis

Seck, Diery

Pages: 3 –23

[The empirical evidence shows that, in comparison to Industrialized, Asian and Latin American countries, African stock markets recorded the best performance in a mean-variance space before the crisis, January 2000 to December 2007, with the highest average monthly returns and levels of total risk...
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Structural and Institutional Determinants of Investment Activity in Africa

Chuku, Chuku; Onye, Kenneth; Ajah, Hycent

Pages: 25 –50

[This paper considers the structural and institutional determinants of investment activity in selected African countries within a neoclassical growth framework. Non-parametric regression techniques, generalized method of moments and a family of panel data estimation techniques are utilized to...
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Public Investment and Competitiveness in ECOWAS: An Empirical Investigation

Ekpo, Akpan H.

Pages: 51 –68

[The paper, using regression analysis, ascertains whether public investment and competitiveness enhance economic growth and development in the economies of ECOWAS. Panel data results show that public investment, government consumption democracy have positive impact on growth while openness,...
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Physical Investment, Health Investment and Income Growth in Africa

Folawewo, Abiodun O.; Adedokun, Adeniyi Jimmy

Pages: 69 –86

[This study investigates the relationship between physical investment, health investment and income growth in Africa over the period of 1996–2012. The system generalised method of moment (GMM) panel estimation technique is employed. Empirical analysis is carried out across aggregate Africa data...
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Do Market Size and Remittances Explain Foreign Direct Investment Flows to Sub-Sahara Africa?

Amponsah, William A.; Garcia-Fuentes, Pablo

Pages: 87 –107

[The paper analyzes the effect of remittances in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We apply an unbalanced panel data set for 40 African countries for the period 1981–2013. The results indicate positive and significant impacts of remittances on net FDI inflows...
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Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Nexus in West Africa: Does Export Category Matter?

Onyekwena, Chukwuka; Ademuyiwa, Idris; Uneze, Eberechukwu

Pages: 109 –133

[This paper examines the effect of inward FDI in West Africa on exports to EU countries. It investigates from a host country perspective, the impact of FDI on different export categories: primary, intermediate, and final goods. Contrary to previous studies where multinationals are usually engaged...
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Competiveness and Trade in West Africa

Houeninvo, Toussaint; Gassama, Khadidiatou

Pages: 137 –151

[The West African region similarly to the whole African continent is fragmented. It is made up of countries whose domestic markets are too small to achieve the economics of scale that could allow them to have the robust and equitable growth likely to create sustainable jobs. Under these...
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Financial Development, Trade Costs and Bilateral Trade Flows: Connecting the Nexus in ECOWAS

Osabuohien, Evans S.; Odebiyi, John T.; Efobi, Uchenna R.; Fayomi, Oluyemi O.

Pages: 153 –175

[Financial Development (FD) in both exporting and importing countries would be required to fund production and consumption, respectively. However, the extent to which this affects Economic Community of West African States-ECOWAS intra-regional trade, has not been empirically investigated, which...
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Upgrading in Value Chain: The Case of Sub-Saharan African Countries

Kouty, Manfred; Ongono, Patrice Bonaventure

Pages: 177 –190

[Globalization has provided many opportunities for developing countries to integrate the world trade. Upgrading in Global Value Chain (GVC) is the efficient way to increase a country’s international competitiveness. This paper’s aim is to analyze and evaluate the factors that determine firms...
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Regional Disparities in the WAMZ: Integrating the Role of Market Potential and Structural Change

Omotor, Douglason G.; Saka, Jimoh O.

Pages: 191 –205

[This paper examined the disparities in terms of income within the WAMZ member countries over the period 1980–2013. The theoretical model is based on the extended version of the New Economy Geography (EGM) Model of growth where the initial per capita GDP growth, changing market access and other...

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