03367nam 22006975 450 991015533190332120200705124405.0978331944787210.1007/978-3-319-44787-2(CKB)3710000000964698(DE-He213)978-3-319-44787-2(MiAaPQ)EBC4748017(EXLCZ)99371000000096469820161124d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInvestment and Competitiveness in Africa /edited by Diery Seck1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2017.1 online resource (XII, 213 p. 40 illus., 35 illus. in color.) Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development,2198-72623-319-44786-6 3-319-44787-4 Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Part 1: Financial and Physical Investment in Africa -- Part 2: Trade and Competitivenenss in Africa.The book provides a detailed analysis of the nature and determinants of finance and trade and their relationship with Africa’s competitiveness. Investment is examined in its various forms (financial vs. physical), and sources (private, public, domestic and FDI), as well as its relation to the size of domestic markets and export potential. The dimensions of trade related to financial development, trade costs, development of value chains and regional integration are also studied. The capacity of finance and investment to boost Africa’s competitiveness is assessed to inform continent-wide economic policy.Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development,2198-7262Development economicsPolitical economyCapital marketInternational economicsRegional economicsSpatial economicsDevelopment Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W42000International Political Economyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912140Capital Marketshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/616000International Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W33000Regional/Spatial Sciencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W49000Development economics.Political economy.Capital market.International economics.Regional economics.Spatial economics.Development Economics.International Political Economy.Capital Markets.International Economics.Regional/Spatial Science.332.04150973Seck Dieryedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155331903321Investment and Competitiveness in Africa2025252UNINA