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Bezpośrednie inwestycje zagraniczne – motywy i bariery inwestowania w Afryce Subsaharyjskiej
Foreign Direct Investment - Motives and Barriers to Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author(s): Eric Ambukita
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: foreign direct investment; motives; barriers; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa

Summary/Abstract: Foreign direct investment (FDI) belong to the basic forms of capital flows in the global economy. Until the turn of the 80s and 90s the location of FDI were mainly developed countries and selected developing countries in Asia and South America. Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for a marginal phenomenon. FDI being an important channel for transferring among others of capital, can play an important role in the economic development of these countries. Capital in economic development is one of the most important factors that makes the dynamics of economic development increase. The issues raised in the article concerns the motives and barriers to investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 82 (1)
  • Page Range: 865-878
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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