Making foreign direct investment work for Sub-Saharan Africa : local spillovers and competitiveness in global value chains /

Making foreign direct investment work for Sub-Saharan Africa : local spillovers and competitiveness in global value chains / Thomas Farole and Deborah Winkler, editors. - 1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). - Directions in development. Trade . - Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Trade. .

"This study was prepared by Thomas Farole (Senior Economist, World Bank- PRMTR) and Deborah Winkler (Consultant Economist, World Bank- PRMTR) along with a team including: Cornelia Staritz (Vienna University and Austrian Research Foundation for International Development); Stacey Frederick (Duke University Center on Globalization, Governance, & Competitiveness); Rupert Barnard, Michelle de Bruyn, Philippa McLaren, and Nick Kempson (Kaiser Associates Economic Development)."

Includes bibliographical references.

Context, objectives, and methodology -- Conceptual framework -- The role of mediating factors for FDI spillovers in developing countries : Evidence from a global dataset -- Determining the nature and extent of spillovers : Empirical assessment -- Sector case study : mining -- Sector case study : agribusiness -- Sector case study : apparel -- Summary of main conclusions -- Policy implications.

9781464801273


Investments, Foreign--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Technology transfer--Africa, Sub-Saharan.


Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic conditions.


Electronic books.

HG5822 / .M35 2014

332.673096