Investment Attraction, competition and growth; theoretical perspective in the context of Africa

Senzu, Emmanuel Tweneboah (2018): Investment Attraction, competition and growth; theoretical perspective in the context of Africa.

Abstract

Examination in both theoretical and empirical perspective deduce that, the major indicators of modern economic growth, depends on the extent of economic financialization, commonly defined as capital stock, industrialization and Technological Advancement. The focus of this paper is to theorize investment attraction mechanism for a national economy in a global competitive arena, taking a posteriori perspective of Africa politico-economic climate.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Investment Economics, Growth Economics, Macroeconomics, microeconomics
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E21 - Consumption ; Saving ; Wealth; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E22 - Investment ; Capital ; Intangible Capital ; Capacity; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O42 - Monetary Growth Models

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