The Promise and Peril of FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Promise and Peril of FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa

Overcoming Resource Dependence, Underdevelopment and Dysfunctional Capitalism

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The Promise and Peril of FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa

Overcoming Resource Dependence, Underdevelopment and Dysfunctional Capitalism

About this book

This book explores the developmental prospects, risks, and implications of foreign direct investment (FDI) in sub-Saharan African (SSA). Despite the region’s significant potential, it continues to face complex challenges and significant capital shortages. In theory, FDI could promote development by supplementing domestic savings, enhancing financial systems, and promoting global integration, but it can also weaken the balance of payments and undermine domestic investment. In addition, SSA’s weak institutions and poor governance means that FDI may also contribute to dysfunctional capitalism and tax evasion.

This book argues that colonial legacies and flawed policy choices have entrenched institutional weaknesses and socio-economic outcomes that deter diversified FDI and attract extractive FDI, leading to underdevelopment and resource dependency while undermining industrialization and diversification. This book will be relevant to students, researchers, and policymakers interested in development economics and the political economy of SSA.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9783032013194
eBook ISBN
9783032013200
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
International Business
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Palgrave Studies in African and Development Economics
  2. The Promise and Peril of FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa
  3. Preface
  4. List of World Bank Country Codes
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Maps
  8. List of Tables
  9. 1.Ā Introduction
  10. 2.Ā The Colonial Legacies Hampering FDI to Sub-Saharan Africa
  11. 3.Ā The Economic Policy Legacies Hampering FDI to Sub-Saharan Africa
  12. 4.Ā The Relationship Between Democracy and FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa
  13. 5.Ā The Relationship Between Corruption and FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa
  14. 6.Ā The Effects of China, India, and Russiaā€™s Competing Strategies on FDI to Sub-Saharan Africa
  15. 7.Ā The Relationship Between Financial Sector Development and FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa
  16. 8.Ā FDI and Sub-Saharan Africaā€™s Economic Growth Cycle
  17. Index1

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