Foreign investment and growth: A case of selected African economies

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of the study is to indicate how foreign investment impact on economic growth in some selected African economies.

Research Design & Methods: The study employed the Panel ARDL (PMG) technique to estimate the impact of foreign investment proxy as FDI net inflows on Growth measured as GDP per capita.

Findings: The results of Panel ARDL indicate that foreign investment has a positive impact on economic growth as well as a positive sign of trade openness, inflation, and labor. The study stresses that for increasing economic growth there is a need to seek more foreign investments, increase trade openness and inflation at the same time improve upon employment conditions in selected African developing countries.

Contribution & Value Added: The novelty of this research is in presenting and emphasizing the significance of FDI in some selected African countries on economic growth.

Keywords

foreign investment, emerging economies, economic growth, ardl, panel data

Author Biography

Michael Appiah

PhD Student at the School of Finance & Economics, Jiangsu University, China with research interests
in Economic Growth & Development, Sustainable Growth & Management etc. He is also the
Director of Dorstell Consult Ltd, Ghana.

Fanglin Li

Associate Professor and a Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Finance & Economics, Jiangsu University, China with research interests in Environmental and economic Statistics, Sustainable development assessment and Environment policy and ecological management.

Doreen Idan Frowne

Student at the Koforidua Technical University in the Faculty of Business and Management Studies. Miss Idan Frowne has been an industrial player with 3 years of working experience as both a management assistant and an administrative secretary.

Daniel Tetteh Donkor

Bachelor of Commerce (Bcom) from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He is currently an Accountant with seven (7) years’ experience in accounting & finance in the Educational sector in Ghana.

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