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Publié le dimanche 10 août 2014 13:28

Un article de recherche sur l'impact des Investissements Directs Étrangers sur la réduction de la pauvreté en Afrique, coécrit par Dr. Gaston GOHOU (Président de CESS Institute) et Prof. Issouf SOUMARE (Professeur et Directeur du Laboratoire d'Ingénierie financière à l'Université Laval), a été accepté pour publication dans la revue World Development.

DOES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT REDUCE POVERTY IN AFRICA AND ARE THERE REGIONAL DIFFERENCES?

Gaston GOHOU, Ph.D. (CESS Institute)

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Issouf SOUMARÉ, Ph.D. (Laval University)

ABSTRACT

This paper reexamines the relationship between FDI inflows and welfare (or poverty reduction) in Africa. Using FDI net inflows per capita and the UNDP’s HDI as the principal variables, our analyses confirm the positive and strongly significant relationship between FDI net inflows and poverty reduction in Africa but finds significant differences among African regions. We also find that FDI has more impact on welfare in poorer than in richer countries. For instance, while the relationship between FDI and poverty reduction is positive and significant for economic communities in Central and East Africa, it is non-significant in Northern and Southern Africa and is ambiguous in West Africa. Our results are robust to many model specifications.