Making foreign direct investment work for Sub-Saharan Africa : local spillovers and competitiveness in global value chains / Thomas Farole and Deborah Winkler, editors.
Material type: TextSeries: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)TradePublisher: Washington, DC : The World Bank, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781464801273Subject(s): Investments, Foreign -- Africa, Sub-Saharan | Technology transfer -- Africa, Sub-Saharan | Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making foreign direct investment work for Sub-Saharan Africa : local spillovers and competitiveness in global value chains.DDC classification: 332.673096 LOC classification: HG5822 | .M35 2014Online resources: Click to View"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.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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