Foreign Direct Investment, Macroeconomic Instability and Economic Growth in Mena Countries

Economic growth of countries is one of the fundamental questions in economics. Most African countries are opening their economies for welcoming of foreign investors. As such Ethiopia, like many African countries took measures to attract and improve foreign direct investment. The purpose of this study is to examine the contribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) for economic growth of Ethiopia over the period of 1981-2013. The study shows an overview of Ethiopian economy and investment environment by the help of descriptive and econometric methods of analysis to establish empirical investigation for the contribution of FDI on Ethiopian economy. OLS method of time series analysis is employed to analyse the data. The stationary of the variables have been checked by using Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) Unit Root test and hence they are stationery at first difference. The co- integration test also shows that there is a long run relationship between the dependent and independent variables. Accordingly, the finding of the study shows that FDI, GDP per capita, exchange rate, total investment as percentage of GDP, inflow of FDI stock, trade as percentage of GDP, annual growth rate of GDP and liberalization of the economy have positive impact on Ethiopian GDP. Whereas Gross fixed domestic investment, inflows of FDI and Gross capital formation influence economic growth of Ethiopia negatively. This finding suggests that there should be better policy framework to attract and improve the volume of FDI through creating conducive environment for investment.

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ECONOMIC GROWTH ANALYSIS: A STUDY ON MALAYSIAN MARKET

e-Academia Journal ◽

10.24191/e-aj.v9i2.7379 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Suhaily Maizan Abdul Manaf ◽

Shuhada Mohamed Hamidi ◽

Nur Shafini Mohd Said ◽

Siti Rapidah Omar Ali ◽

Nur Dalila Adenan

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Inflation Rate ◽

Government Expenditure ◽

Correlation Method ◽

Research Direction ◽

Least Square ◽

Future Research ◽

Internal And External Factors

Economic performance of a country is mostly determined by the growth and any other internal and external factors. In this study, researchers purposely focused on Malaysian market by examining the relationship between export, inflation rate, government expenditure and foreign direct investment towards economic growth in Malaysia by applying the yearly data of 47 years from 1970 to 2016 using descriptive statistics, regression model and correlation method analysis. By applying Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method, the result suggests that export, government expenditure and foreign direct investment are positively and significantly correlated with the economic growth. However, inflation rate has negative and insignificant relationship with the economic growth. The outcome of the study is suggested to be useful in providing the future research direction towards the economic growth in Malaysia. Keywords: economic growth; export; inflation rate; government expenditure

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Foreign Direct Investment, Non-Oil Exorts and Economic Growth in Nigeria: Granger Causality Approach

International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) ◽

10.29322/ijsrp.8.9.2018.p8186 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

Author(s):

Aderemi Timothy Ayomitunde ◽

Aberu Felix

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Granger Causality ◽

Direct Investment

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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Kuwait

Iraqi Journal of Economic Sciences ◽

10.31272/ijes.2019.60.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2019 (60) ◽

pp. 91-103

Author(s):

Dr. Sabah  Noori Al-Mihyawi ◽

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Direct Investment

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Attracting foreign capital as a factor in ensuring the country's economic growth

Socio-Economic Problems of the Modern Period of Ukraine ◽

10.36818/2071-4653-2020-5-7 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 34-41

Author(s):

Taras Malyshivskyi ◽

Volodymyr Stefinin

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Economic Development ◽

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Low Income ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Foreign Capital ◽

Local Level ◽

Current Trend ◽

Raw Material ◽

Foreign Capital Inflows

The article examines the relationship between attracting foreign capital in the form of foreign direct investment and ensuring economic development. In particular, the analysis of the current structure of the economy is indicated, its raw material character is pointed out and, based on other researches, the necessity of its reform is substantiated, as Ukraine will remain a low-income country if the current trend continues. This is due to the fact that countries with a raw material structure of the economy are characterized by a low level of economic complexity, and therefore are not able to generate high levels of income in society. As a result, the expediency of stimulating the attraction of investment resources into the country’s economy, in particular in the form of foreign direct investment, is substantiated. The dynamics of attracting foreign direct investment to Ukraine and a number of other countries for the period from 1991 to 2019 is analyzed and the key negative factors that deter foreign investors from investing in the economy of Ukraine are indicated. As a result of the analysis, divergent trends in the economic development of Ukraine and other analyzed countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey, Romania, Hungary) were identified, which contributed to economic stagnation and restrained economic growth and development. Taking into account the analysis, as well as based on the concept of investment and innovation growth, it is proposed to use the experience of Israel to improve the country’s investment attractiveness and stimulate foreign capital inflows by adapting the Yozma program to Ukrainian realities. According to our estimates, the adaptation of this program to the Ukrainian economy will attract about $ 350 million over a five-year period of venture capital alone. In addition, programs such as YOSMA can also be implemented at the regional or even local level. We believe that the use of this tool will improve the investment attractiveness of the country, as well as provide sufficient financial resources to modernize the domestic economy and ensure rapid economic growth.

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