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China and Angola - Strategic partnership or marriage of convenience?
CMI Brief | Feb 2011
In 2004 Angola’s Ministry of Finance and China’s Ministry of Trade signedthe first of several financing packages for public investment ...
trade, fdi, oil, financing, Angola, China
Petroleum fund in Tanzania? Other alternatives may be better
CMI Brief | Jul 2016
The Government of Tanzania is looking for the best policies and institutional designs to turn future petroleum revenues into welfare, development ...
Fiscal policy, Extractive industries, Resource curse, Sovereign wealth fund, Tanzania
How does social development affect FDI and domestic investment?
CMI Report | Jan 2004
Creating a favourable investment climate is crucial for economic development. In this study, we explore the impact of social development variables ...
Foreign direct investment, Domestic investment, Social development
Foreign direct investment and regional trade
Project | Dec 2007 - Dec 2008
A key challenge for development of the SADC region is to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI). Since motivations are likely to differ ...
FDI
Promoting investment in small Caribbean states
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2004
This study performs an econometric analysis to determine the main policy levers for investment promotion in the Caribbean. The results provide ...
FDI (Foreign Direct Investment, Domestic investment, Small states, Caribbean
Foreign direct investment during transition. Determinants and patterns in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2001
This paper provides an analysis of foreign direct investments to the countries of the former Soviet Union and 10 of the former socialist economies ...
Europe: Former Soviet Union
The Future of Mechanized Schemes and Agricultural Investment in the South Kordofan State / Nuba Mountains
Sudan Working Paper | Sep 2016
Abstract
This paper tackles the issue of the future of mechanized schemes and investment in the agricultural sector in the South Kordofan State/Nuba ...
agriculture, Sudan, South Sudan, Nuba, Nuba mountains, South Kordofan State
Social development, FDI, and domestic investment
Project | Jan - Dec 2003
Creating a favourable investment climate is crucial for economic development. In this study, we explore the impact of social development variables ...
Social development and industry level foreign direct investment
CMI Report | Jan 2004
Investment is crucial for economic development. A number of empirical studies document a relationship between social development and aggregate ...
Foreign direct investment, Social development
Three questions about engagement and exclusion in responsible investment
Journal Article | Jan 2016
There is a move towards more use of engagement strategies in responsible investment. This change in strategies is motivated by a number of claims ...
Responsible investment, engagement, exclusion, negative screening
Struggling Sudanese economy
News | 29 Jan 2013
Political unrest and conflict, combined with failed strategies and policies, have led to a dramatic decline in foreign exchange revenues and foreign direct investments in Sudan. According to Hassan Ali Gadkarim, there is no miracle cure. The government of Sudan has to build lasting peace with its neighbours and establish accountable public institutions to win the foreign investors back.
Poverty traps in industries with low knowledge- and investment barriers
Project | Jan 2009 - Dec 2010
We study barriers to investment in industries with low knowledge- and investment barriers. The focus is on people who have the necessary ...
Nepal
Will the Sudanese paradox continue? Insecure investment climate and substantial foreign direct investment inflows
Sudan Report | Oct 2012
The changing international/external economic environment, which is characterized by rapid globalization, expansion of foreign direct investment ...
Sudan
Three myths about engagement and exclusion in responsible investment
CMI Working Paper | May 2014
There is a move towards more use of engagement strategies in responsible investment. This change in strategies is motivated by a number of claims ...
Responsible investment, engagement, exclusion, negative screening
Cross-border trade in the war areas of the Sudans: Smuggling or a form of cooperation?
Sudan Working Paper | Dec 2016
After the war broke out again in the border areas between the Sudans, a trading pattern known earlier as the “peace markets” reemerged. ...
war, Border, Coping mechanisms, markets, Sumbuk, trade, Livelihoods, Sudan, South Sudan, Southern Kordofan State
Foreign direct investments and development: The Malaysian electronics sector
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2001
This paper presents recent data on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Malaysia, focusing on the electronics industry. It is found that FDI accounts ...
Asia: Malaysia
Better the devil you know? Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa
Journal Article | Sep 2011
What are the dominant motives behind China’s increasing financial presence in Africa in recent years? In this article, the authors present ...
Africa, China, FDI, institutions, natural resources, Sudan, Angola, South Africa
Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Services
Journal Article | Jan 2008
This study uses industry level foreign direct investment (FDI) data from 57 countries 1989-2000, to examine the host country determinants of ...
FDI, services
Peace, Bread and Land. Agricultural Investments in Ethiopia and the Sudans
News | 8 Feb 2012
Summary points:
Investment in land is not conflict-neutral, and given the history of violent conflict and mutual destabilization in the Horn ...
Winners and losers from an international investment agreement
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2003
Recent attempts at reaching an international investment agreement have been met with considerable opposition and failed. An important reason ...