Overview
- Explores the influence of BRICS countries' capital in Africa
- Compares the effectiveness of OECD and BRICS countries' investments and aid in Africa
- Identifies factors that determine foreign capital impact in Africa
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Chinese Growing Engagement in Africa: Motives and Implications
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Understanding BRICS’ versus OECD Countries’ Investment in Africa
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The Politics of Land, Land Grab, and the Development Puzzle
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International R&D Spillovers, Trade Linkages, and Economic Development in Africa
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Keywords
About this book
The major themes addressed in this book include:
• The implications of growing Chinese engagement in Africa
• BRICS countries' versus OECD countries' investment contributions to Africa
• The politics of land, land grab, and the puzzle of inclusive development in Africa
• Foreign research and development spillovers, trade linkages, and productivity in Africa
• Foreign aid effects on social sector, growth, and structural change in Africa
• Remittances, foreign debt, resource management, and economic development in Africa
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Evelyn Wamboye is Associate Professor of Economics at the Pennsylvania State University in DuBois, USA. Her research areas include foreign capital, outsourcing, technological change, and issues in international development. She has published numerous articles in refereed journals. She has a PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.
Esubalew Alehegn Tiruneh is Faculty in the Economics Department at Birmingham-Southern College, USA. His research interests and publications include issues related to economic development, foreign capital, innovation and growth, international development, and poverty. He received his PhD in Economic Development from the University of Trento, Italy.
Samuel Adams, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
Vito Amendolagine, University of Pavia, Italy
Nihal Bayraktar, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, USA
Aklog Birara, Ethiopian Dialogue Forum, USA
Pádraig Carmody, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Nicola Coniglio, University of Bari, Italy
Xinshen Diao, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA
Kenechukwu Ezemenari, The World Bank, USA
Elizabeth Fraser, The Oakland Institute, USA
Kiril Tochkov, Texas Christian University, USA
Odongo Kodongo, Wits Business School, South Africa
Adugna Lemi, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Eduard Marinov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Kelbesa Megersa, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Anuradha Mittal, The Oakland Institute, USA
Emmanuel Moreira, The World Bank, USA
James Murphy, Clark University, USA
Nedyalko Nestorov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
David O’Brien, International Development Research Centre, Canada
Kalu Ojah, Wits Business School, South Africa
Eric Opoku, City University of Hong Kong
Patrick N. Osakwe, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Switzerland
Adnan Seric, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Austria
Meine Pieter van Dijk, Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands
Kasahun Woldemariam, Spelman College, USA
Mesfin Wolde-Mariam, Ethiopia
Zelealem Yiheyis, Clark Atlanta University, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Foreign Capital Flows and Economic Development in Africa
Book Subtitle: The Impact of BRICS versus OECD
Editors: Evelyn Wamboye, Esubalew Alehegn Tiruneh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53496-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53495-8Published: 17 March 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53496-5Published: 16 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 514
Number of Illustrations: 137 b/w illustrations
Topics: Capital Markets, African Economics, Development Economics, International Finance, Development Finance, International Economics