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Does FDI from China matter for Growth in African Economies?

Smith, Helen LU (2019) EKHS51 20191
Department of Economic History
Abstract
The outcomes of FDI have been examined in several studies throughout recent years. Most
examinations acknowledge that FDI is a usual positive for the host country. FDI can create
direct effects such as wealth flow to the acquiring country, job production, and technology
transfer as well as a show impacts in the form of improved productivity, innovation and
education. Adverse effects emerge when the foreign corporation goes to join to the host
country and/or eliminate the advantages from the host country. Several examples of FDI serve
to influence on the host country adversely. This study was accompanied by regression
analysis with data from different sources, the period of the analysis is between 2001 and 2012.
However, we could... (More)
The outcomes of FDI have been examined in several studies throughout recent years. Most
examinations acknowledge that FDI is a usual positive for the host country. FDI can create
direct effects such as wealth flow to the acquiring country, job production, and technology
transfer as well as a show impacts in the form of improved productivity, innovation and
education. Adverse effects emerge when the foreign corporation goes to join to the host
country and/or eliminate the advantages from the host country. Several examples of FDI serve
to influence on the host country adversely. This study was accompanied by regression
analysis with data from different sources, the period of the analysis is between 2001 and 2012.
However, we could not draw any conclusions due to insignificant results, our regression
suggests that FDI from China is positively related but the effect is not significant. We believe
the result is affected by the fact that total FDI combines a broader range of FDI types and
suggest further inquiry on the matter. In recent year FDI from China has increased in African
economies and is expected to increase in light of China's one belt one road initiative. In this
paper, we explore the impact of Chinese FDI on growth in African economies in a
cross-country growth regression framework. There is no evidence that FDI from China affects
growth in African Economies (Less)
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author
Smith, Helen LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A statistical analysis of the impact of Chinese investment on African countries from 2001 to 2017
course
EKHS51 20191
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
language
English
id
8987091
date added to LUP
2019-08-22 08:33:05
date last changed
2019-08-22 08:33:05
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  abstract     = {{The outcomes of FDI have been examined in several studies throughout recent years. Most
examinations acknowledge that FDI is a usual positive for the host country. FDI can create
direct effects such as wealth flow to the acquiring country, job production, and technology
transfer as well as a show impacts in the form of improved productivity, innovation and
education. Adverse effects emerge when the foreign corporation goes to join to the host
country and/or eliminate the advantages from the host country. Several examples of FDI serve
to influence on the host country adversely. This study was accompanied by regression
analysis with data from different sources, the period of the analysis is between 2001 and 2012.
However, we could not draw any conclusions due to insignificant results, our regression
suggests that FDI from China is positively related but the effect is not significant. We believe
the result is affected by the fact that total FDI combines a broader range of FDI types and
suggest further inquiry on the matter. In recent year FDI from China has increased in African
economies and is expected to increase in light of China's one belt one road initiative. In this
paper, we explore the impact of Chinese FDI on growth in African economies in a
cross-country growth regression framework. There is no evidence that FDI from China affects
growth in African Economies}},
  author       = {{Smith, Helen}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Does FDI from China matter for Growth in African Economies?}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}