Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272287 
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Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
KCG Policy Paper No. 9
Publisher: 
Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG), Kiel
Abstract: 
When it comes to attracting foreign direct investment, Africa as a whole may be described as some-thing like the "forgotten continent". In a global comparison, the continent is fairly insignificant as a destination for the investment of foreign companies. This paper makes this point using aggregate data on world-wide FDI stocks. It then tries to explain why this is the case. It first reviews the important drivers of FDI that have been identified in the literature, and then compares the performance of African countries in terms of those determinants with that of other potential host countries.
Subjects: 
Foreign direct investment
Sub-Sahara Africa
Drivers
Performance
Document Type: 
Research Report

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