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App Newsletter 2, Riccardo Pelizzo
App Newsletter 2, Riccardo Pelizzo
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This is the second issue of the newsletter of African Politics and Policy. In this issue our collaborators discuss the uneasy relationship between democracy and development, Tourism in Tanzania, elections in Togo, and Chinese Investments in Africa.
Governance, Business Environment, And Foreign Direct Investments, Riccardo Pelizzo, Omer F. Baris
Governance, Business Environment, And Foreign Direct Investments, Riccardo Pelizzo, Omer F. Baris
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In this paper we investigate the relationship between the quality of governance, the business environment and foreign direct investments. Looking at 49 countries in Africa, we present evidence supporting the claim that the quality of governance does affect the stability of policies and the quality of the business environment. However, our data analysis also reveals that neither the quality of governance nor the quality of the business environment have any impact, at least in Sub-Saharan Africa on the level of FDI.
I Costi Della Corruzione, Riccardo Pelizzo