Publication
2010
Since 1994, the pivotal year in which South Africa held its first democratic elections, its companies have engaged in a sustained outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) thrust with substantial impact on Southern Africa, in the process generating some controversy. The paper revisits those debates and updates them in light of recent data and developments concerning the evolution of institutions supportive of South African regional OFDI, notably regulations governing investment and trade respectively. We find that South African OFDI to Africa is private sector dominated, concentrated in Southern Africa albeit evincing a discernible shift to West Africa in recent years, and its impact is on the whole beneficial.
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Author | Peter Draper, Sheila Kiratu, Cézanne Samuel |
Series | DIE Discussion Paper |
Issue | 8 |
Publisher | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) |
Copyright | © 2010 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) |