Foreign Direct Investments
African countries should continue focusing on improving business climate to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), according to views expressed by experts at the Sixth African Economic Conference held from 25-28 October 2011 in Addis Ababa.
The experts said that while the presence of natural resources remains a key FDI driver to Africa, investment climate variables such as economic, political and policy options matter as well in attracting investment. Read more
- Chair: Ndubisi Nwokoma, Chief, Finance, Industry and Investment Section
- Paper 1 - Revisiting the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Institutions and Policy Reforms - Gamal Ibrahim, Adam El-Hiraika and Abbi Kedir, UNECA, Addis Ababa / University of Leicester, UK
Discussant: Babatunde Adeoye, Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Lagos, Nigeria
- Paper 2 - Investment Climate and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa - Emmanuel Nnadozie and Angelica Njuguna, UNECA, Addis Ababa
Discussant: Haile K. Taye, Director, BIDPA, Botswana
- Paper 3 - Investssements Directs Chinois et Exportations des Etats Subsahariens - S. J-A Tapsoba and Dzifa Kpetigo, Centre d'Etudes sur la Chine et Contemporaine (CECMC) / International Monetary Fund
Discussant: Luc-Joel Gregoire, Economic Advisor, UNDP Country Office, Mali
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