Attracting foreign investment through privatization: The Zambian experience

Journal of African Business

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-27

  Rolfe, Robert J ^a   Woodward, Douglas P ^b  

^a IMBA Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Privatization

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; PRIVATIZATION;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0346669997     PISSN: 15228916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J156v05n01_02     Document Type: Article

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