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Foreign Direct Investment - A Curse or A Blessing

Sandsborg, Joel LU and Eberhard, Johan LU (2014) NEKH01 20141
Department of Economics
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to provide the impact Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has on economic growth and economic inequality in Sub Saharan Africa. Based on econometric estimates of 44 countries, the authors evaluate the impact on economic growth and on distribution of income in the region.
A lot of the African countries hold valuable natural resources. Consequently, one would expect the countries to flourish sooner or later. Unfortunately, in many cases, this is an incorrect vision of how reality actually occurs. Multinational companies choose to locate their business in these countries and the outcome appears considerably different. We hope to contribute to the field through measuring the impact FDI has on economic growth and... (More)
The purpose of this thesis is to provide the impact Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has on economic growth and economic inequality in Sub Saharan Africa. Based on econometric estimates of 44 countries, the authors evaluate the impact on economic growth and on distribution of income in the region.
A lot of the African countries hold valuable natural resources. Consequently, one would expect the countries to flourish sooner or later. Unfortunately, in many cases, this is an incorrect vision of how reality actually occurs. Multinational companies choose to locate their business in these countries and the outcome appears considerably different. We hope to contribute to the field through measuring the impact FDI has on economic growth and economic inequality depending on if the countries are relatively rich or poor in natural resources.
In order to measure the involvement of the foreign investors we will use aggregated FDI net inflow as an indicator of the amount of foreign involvement. In an attempt to catch changes in economic inequality, we intend to use income distribution and for this measurement, the Gini coefficient will be used. (Less)
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author
Sandsborg, Joel LU and Eberhard, Johan LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH01 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Economic Growth, Economic Inequalities, Foreign Direct Investments, Sub Saharan Africa, Natural Resources
language
English
id
4460565
date added to LUP
2014-06-23 22:08:38
date last changed
2014-06-23 22:08:38
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this thesis is to provide the impact Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has on economic growth and economic inequality in Sub Saharan Africa. Based on econometric estimates of 44 countries, the authors evaluate the impact on economic growth and on distribution of income in the region.
A lot of the African countries hold valuable natural resources. Consequently, one would expect the countries to flourish sooner or later. Unfortunately, in many cases, this is an incorrect vision of how reality actually occurs. Multinational companies choose to locate their business in these countries and the outcome appears considerably different. We hope to contribute to the field through measuring the impact FDI has on economic growth and economic inequality depending on if the countries are relatively rich or poor in natural resources. 
In order to measure the involvement of the foreign investors we will use aggregated FDI net inflow as an indicator of the amount of foreign involvement. In an attempt to catch changes in economic inequality, we intend to use income distribution and for this measurement, the Gini coefficient will be used.}},
  author       = {{Sandsborg, Joel and Eberhard, Johan}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Foreign Direct Investment - A Curse or A Blessing}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}