Making foreign direct investment work for Sub-Saharan Africa
Subtitle: local spillovers and competitiveness in global value chains
By: Thomas Farole and Deborah Winkler, Editor
Contributors: Winkler, Deborah; World Bank
Series: Directions in development. Trade; Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: The World Bank
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781464801266; 9781464801273
Subjects: Foreign Investments; Technology transfer; Economic conditions
Notes: "This study was prepared by Thomas Farole (Senior Economist, World Bank- PRMTR) and Deborah Winkler (Consultant Economist, World Bank- PRMTR) along with a team including: Cornelia Staritz (Vienna University and Austrian Research Foundation for International Development); Stacey Frederick (Duke University Center on Globalization, Governance, & Competitiveness); Rupert Barnard, Michelle de Bruyn, Philippa McLaren, and Nick Kempson (Kaiser Associates Economic Development)."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Context, objectives, and methodology --; title: Conceptual framework --; title: The role of mediating factors for FDI spillovers in developing countries : Evidence from a global dataset --; title: Determining the nature and extent of spillovers : Empirical assessment --; title: Sector case study : mining --; title: Sector case study : agribusiness --; title: Sector case study : apparel --; title: Summary of main conclusions --; title: Policy implications.