Overview
- Provides an exhaustive empirical investigation of all aspects of investment and trade in Africa with generalizable results across the continent
- Draws an up-to-date picture of Africa’s economic situation and challenges in the post-global crisis period
- Performs a detailed examination of the weight and interaction of external drivers such as remittances and foreign direct investment with Africa’s economic growth
- Informs African policymakers and international partners on ways to enhance Africa’s competitiveness and future growth
- Fills a significant conceptual and empirical void in understanding the new dynamics of Africa’s growth and development
Part of the book series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development (AAESPD)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Financial and Physical Investment in Africa
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Trade and Competitiveness in Africa
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Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Diery Seck is Director of the Center for Research on Political Economy (CREPOL), based in Dakar, Senegal. He was Director of the United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (UNIDEP). Previously he served as Executive Director of the Secretariat for Institutional Support for Economic Research in Africa (SISERA) of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Before returning to Africa in 1995, he was Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Windsor in Canada, and Economist at the World Bank in Washington D.C. He specializes in financial economics and development economics.
Diery Seck has authored several articles in academic journals and published books on economic development. He was co-editor of the Journal of African Finance and Economic Development. He is currently a member of the Editorial Boards of Global Governance Journal (University of Warwick), and the Journal of African Development. His latest books are entitled NEPAD and the Future of Economic Policy in Africa; Growth and Development in Africa; Back on Track: Sector-led Growth in Africa and Implications for Development; West Africa and the Global Financial Crisis; Regional Integration in West Africa; Private Sector Development in West Africa; and Accelerated Economic Growth in West Africa.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Investment and Competitiveness in Africa
Editors: Diery Seck
Series Title: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44787-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44786-5Published: 02 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83136-7Published: 30 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44787-2Published: 25 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2198-7262
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7270
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 213
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development Economics, International Political Economy, Capital Markets, International Economics, Regional/Spatial Science
Industry Sectors: Finance, Business & Banking