Is the Impact of FDI Similar in All Developing Countries? South Africa and Mali Compared

Søren Jeppesen and Claire Mainguy
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Søren Jeppesen: CBS - Copenhagen Business School [Copenhagen]

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Abstract: Little is known about impact of FDI on economic development in Africa compared to other developing countries, which the paper seeks to address by focusing on examples of impact in Mali and South Africa. The arugment put forward is that the impact has to be identified at the level of the industry or sector and the level of the firm with regard to employment effect, income generation and skills development. The mining and electricity and railway sectors in Mali are investigated and compared to the automobile industry in South Africa. The paper ends with suggestions for future investigations which can shed more light on the pertinent issues about impact of FDI in Africa.

Keywords: Impact; Africa; Mali; South Africa; Foreign Direct Investment; Technology Transfer; Foreign Firm; Local Firm; Mining Sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Published in Eric Rugraff; Diego Sánchez-Ancochea; Andy Sumner. Transnational Corporations and Development Policy. Rethinking International Development Series, Palgrave MacMillan, pp.176-201, 2009, 978-0-230-53706-4. ⟨10.1057/9780230228412_9⟩

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230228412_9

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