The linkages between FDI and domestic investment: Unravelling the developmental impact of foreign investment in sub-Saharan Africa

Development Policy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 713-726

  Ndikumana, Léonce ^a   Verick, Sher ^b  

^a AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

^b United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

FDI; Privatein vestment; Public investment; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 53549093601     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2008.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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