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- W2971736785 abstract "In the past years, Africa has experienced fast economic growth,unimproved business environment, low foreign direct investmentinflows, and continuous high poverty rate. In fact, foreign directinvestment (FDI) inflows in Africa are the lowest compared to otherregion's FDI inflows. Moreover, African countries are ranked at thebottom of the country-ranking list in term of quality of businessenvironment. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to investigatethe impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth in Africa,to estimate the impact of business environment on foreign directinvestment, and to examine the determinants of poverty in thecontinent. The study covers the period from 2000 to 2014 in 50 Africancountries. The study utilizes panel annual data from World Bank, MoIbrahim Foundation, and United Nation Development Program. Thestudy uses system Dynamic Generalized Method of Moments estimator(DGMM) because it takes control of endogeneity, and country specificeffects problems that may arise in panel data estimations. The studyfound that foreign direct investment and business environment inaddition to human capital, financial development, and politicalstability significantly contribute to economic growth of Africancountries. In addition, the results of the study reveal that businessenvironment, economic growth, financial development, andinstitutions quality have important role in attracting the FDI inflowsinto African countries. Moreover, the study found that an improvementin economic growth, foreign aid, trade, and political stabilitysignificantly reduce poverty rate in the region. Overall results provideempirical evidence for African policy-makers to introduce policies thataim to attract more FDI inflows to enhance the economic growth of theregion. Also, the results delivers empirical evidences for policy-makersto improve business environment that attracts more FDI inflows which generates economic growth. It also provides strong evidence for policymakersto improve financial services to facilitate trade and doingbusiness in the continent. In addition, this study provides betterfoundation for African policy-makers to manage and introduce effectivepolicies that would help in generating more economic growth andreduce poverty rate in Africa. Finally, this study has achieved theobjectives of the thesis." @default.
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- W2971736785 date "2017-02-01" @default.
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- W2971736785 title "Relationships between economic growth, foreign direct investment, and poverty in Africa" @default.
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