Women empowerment, supply chain linkages and FDI: Evidence from Bangladesh

Fernandes, Ana M.; Kee, Hiau Looi

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“…This supports current projections that ongoing disruptions in supply chains will have negative effects on FDI flows and growth. This will reduce the ability of developing countries to achieve their sustainable development goals across various areas, for example gender inequality (see Fernandes and Kee [ 18 ] on the link between FDI, supply chain linkages and women empowerment). Furthermore, the general trend of trade disputes and restrictions will negatively affect FDI, even if the effects will be asymmetric [ 28 ].…”

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Role of foreign direct investments in agriculture, forestry and fishing in developing countries

Nyiwul

Koirala

2022

Futur Bus J

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The primary sector is vital for growth and sustainable development in emerging countries. The combined effects of COVID-19 and geopolitical uncertainty on capital flows are likely to have profound impacts on many developing countries. In particular, decreased capital inflows into agriculture will negatively affect food security and growth. However, there remain limited literature on the role of capital inflows in this sector. In this paper, we examine the role that foreign capital inflows play in the development of the agricultural, forestry and fishing sectors in developing countries. Specifically, we use the panel vector autoregression approach that accounts for endogeneity. Using data from sixteen developing economies, we find that there exists bidirectional causality between foreign direct investments in agriculture, forestry and fishing and value added in these sectors. These bidirectional relationships reflect a cyclical effect between FDI and value added in the agriculture, forestry and fishing. The effect of FDI on value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing remains positive for up to five years in our model. This implies FDI has a medium- to long-term positive impact on value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing. The implication of this result is that countries with currently high FDI transaction costs or that have a generally less conducive investment environment can improve agriculture by eliminating these obstacles. This is because FDIs can lead to improved technologies and technical expertise, practices, management and other systems that benefit the host countries.

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Role of foreign direct investments in agriculture, forestry and fishing in developing countries

Nyiwul

Koirala

2022

Futur Bus J

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The Role of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Labour Force Participation Rate of Women: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis

Gök,

Ünlüoğlu

2024

Ind. J. Labour Econ.

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Women in Transition: The Dynamic Effects of Inward FDI on Female Employment in the Economy and Across Sectors

Ghazalian

2024

Economies

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This paper examines the effects of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the female employment rate in the economy and the share of female employment across sectors. The empirical analysis is implemented through the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) System estimator for dynamic panel models using different empirical specifications and FDI openness indicators. The main results show that the overall effects of inward FDI on the national female employment rate are not statistically significant. However, they reveal that inward FDI has promoted the share of female employment in the service sector and has led to decreases in the share of female employment in agriculture. The FDI effects on the share of female employment in the industrial sector are found to be statistically insignificant. These results are generally supported when running the empirical analysis through alternative FDI openness indicators. Also, supplementary analysis reveals some variations in the magnitude of these effects over different national income categories. The findings in this paper emphasize FDI’s gendered influences in the labour market. They are consistent with the prevalence of macroeconomic channels through which inward FDI impacts female employment across sectors, and they encompass the underlying implications of various counteracting microeconomic factors.

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Women empowerment, supply chain linkages and FDI: Evidence from Bangladesh

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

Role of foreign direct investments in agriculture, forestry and fishing in developing countries

Role of foreign direct investments in agriculture, forestry and fishing in developing countries

The Role of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Labour Force Participation Rate of Women: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis

Women in Transition: The Dynamic Effects of Inward FDI on Female Employment in the Economy and Across Sectors

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