Policy reform and foreign direct investment in Africa: Absolute progress but relative decline

Development Policy Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-48

  Asiedu, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INVESTMENT LOCATION; POLICY REFORM;

AFRICA;

EID: 0842313037     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2004.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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