Foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Motivating factors and policy issues

Journal of African Business

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-162

  Bartels, Frank L ^a   Alladina, Sadiq N ^b   Lederer, Suman ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Austria)

^b LaSalle Investment Management   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Foreign direct investment; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70149106711     PISSN: 15228916     EISSN: 15229076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228910903187791     Document Type: Article

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