The impact of electricity prices and supply on attracting FDI to South Africa

Inglesi‐Lotz, Roula; Ajmi, Ahdi Noomen

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-12777-1

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“…This supports the observations by some studies (Ofori & Asongu, 2022, Bokpin, 2017Cornia & Martorano, 2012) that FDI inflow to Africa is mainly concentrated in capitalintensive extractive industries and services that generate limited durable employment opportunities for the population. Moreover, consistent with the PHH and Africa's weak environmental standards, the negative effect of FDI on IGG is not surprising (see, e.g., Inglesi-Lotz & Ajmi, 2021;Sarkodie et al, 2020;Sarkodie & Strezov, 2019). In Column 6 of Table 9, we find strong evidence that energy efficiency induces IGG.…”

Section: Results For the Effect Of Ee And Fdi On Inclusive Green Grow...supporting

confidence: 75%

Foreign direct investment and inclusive green growth in Africa: Energy efficiency contingencies and thresholds

Ofori¹,

Gbolonyo²,

Ojöng³

2023

Energy Economics

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Section: Results For the Effect Of Ee And Fdi On Inclusive Green Grow...supporting

confidence: 75%

Foreign direct investment and inclusive green growth in Africa: Energy efficiency contingencies and thresholds

Ofori¹,

Gbolonyo²,

Ojöng³

2023

Energy Economics

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“…Availability of reliable sources of energy is crucial for the viability of businesses, and reduction of production risk and costs. It has been found to be an important predictor of FDI flows in the literature (Inglesi‐Lotz & Ajmi, 2021). The same pattern is observed for FDI from the Global North, and for FDI to non‐LDCs.…”

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The role of agricultural sector performance in attracting foreign direct investment in the food and beverages sector. Evidence from planned investments in Africa

Kubik

2023

Agribusiness

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Using a novel dataset on foreign direct investment (FDI), this paper analyzes the correlates of planned FDI in the food and beverages sector in 49 African countries over the period 2003–2017. It applies the random effects model and augments the standard specification of FDI determinants with a set of factors related to the agricultural sector performance, hypothesized to be essential from the perspective of supply chain linkages and access to raw materials. The results indicate that well‐performing and well‐capitalized agricultural sector of the host country is a key factor associated with the choice of investment location by foreign investors, especially those from the Global North. Capital investment in agriculture, as proxied by agricultural gross fixed capital formation and net capital stock, is particularly important. Public investment in agriculture, in the form of government expenditure and official development assistance, is also associated with higher FDI. These factors, however, are not significant in case of the least developed countries where only market potential appears to matter for foreign investors. The results suggest that complementarities may exist between different types of investments and that policy‐makers willing to attract food and beverages FDI should prioritize agricultural sector development. [EconLit Citations: E22, E24, F21, F23, Q00, Q13, Q18].

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“…More structural approaches can substitute crisis management and social policies in the long term. Developing countries can follow this path on sustainability (see Coccia, 2021a and 2021b ; Gouveia and Inglesi-Lotz, 2021 ; Paramati et al, 2017 ; Inglesi-Lotz and Ajmi, 2021 ; Boroujeni et al, 2021 ).…”

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On the Frontline—A bibliometric Study on Sustainability, Development, Coronaviruses, and COVID-19

Gatto

Drago

Ruggeri

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the world’s population in a state of unprecedented public health and global health vulnerability. Risks to public and global health have escalated due to COVID-19 contamination. This has raised the statistics of inequity and environmental concerns. A possible outlook entails reducing the pandemic consequences by prioritizing development, biodiversity, and adaptability, offering buffer solutions. It contains vital methods for studying, comprehending, and unraveling events—examining early responses to COVID-19, sustainability, and development, relating them with overall Coronaviruses reaction. This study maps out environmental, socioeconomic, and medical/technological issues using as statistical techniques multiple correspondence analysis and validated cluster analysis. The findings encourage rapid, long-term development policy involvement to address the pandemic. The resulting crises have highlighted the necessity for the revival of health justice policies anchored in distinctive public health ethical patterns in response to them. As a general rule, resilience and preparedness will be targeted at developing and vulnerable nations and are prone to include access to vaccines, public health care, and health investment. Our findings show the relevance of innovating on sustainable development routes and yardsticks. Sustainable global health requires crucial measures in prevention, preparation, and response. Long-term policy recommendations are needed to address pandemics and their interrelated crises and foster sustained growth and socioecological protection.

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The impact of electricity prices and supply on attracting FDI to South Africa

Cited by 17 publications

References 26 publications

Foreign direct investment and inclusive green growth in Africa: Energy efficiency contingencies and thresholds

Foreign direct investment and inclusive green growth in Africa: Energy efficiency contingencies and thresholds

The role of agricultural sector performance in attracting foreign direct investment in the food and beverages sector. Evidence from planned investments in Africa

On the Frontline—A bibliometric Study on Sustainability, Development, Coronaviruses, and COVID-19

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