Does foreign direct investment promote human development?
(2015) NEKH01 20151Department of Economics
- Abstract
- This thesis examines whether foreign direct investment (FDI) has a positive impact on the overall welfare in the host country in the region of Sub- Saharan Africa. As a measurement for welfare the human development index (HDI) is used. In addition the thesis examines whether FDI in resource rich countries have a different impact on a country’s human development. The empirical study is based on panel data from 29 countries from 1980 – 2010. The results gained show that FDI has a significant positive impact on a country’s overall welfare. When a possible interaction effect between FDI and resource abundance is taken into consideration no significant results are found.
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- author
- Fjellström, Hanna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKH01 20151
- year
- 2015
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- foreign direct investment, human development, Sub- Saharan Africa
- language
- English
- id
- 7792176
- date added to LUP
- 2015-09-03 14:17:47
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