Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment Flows and Trade-Investment Inter-Linkages in Southern Africa : Linking Middle-Income and Low-Income Neighbors

Isik, Gozde; Yoshino, Yutaka

Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment Flows and Trade-Investment Inter-Linkages in Southern Africa : Linking Middle-Income and Low-Income Neighbors

2010

Isik, Gozde | Yoshino, Yutaka

This report discusses the patterns of foreign direct investment flows and trade-investment inter-linkages in Southern Africa. It will discuss how cross-border investment flows create a possible channel of growth spillover from South Africa and other MICs to LICs in the subregion, and identify the roles of subregional trade and investment flows in generating these neighborhood effects with LICs. After an introduction with background on the subregion of Southern Africa, Section 2 provides facts on the patterns of trade in Southern African countries to illustrate how much (or little) the Southern African subregion is integrated today and whether or not intraregional trade is growing. Section 3 presents aggregate trends in foreign direct investment flows (and stocks) in SSA, discusses how SASR is situated in such trends, and analyzes the emerging trends of intra-SASR cross-border investments, largely driven by South Africa. Section 4 analyzes trade-investment linkages in Southern Africa at the firm level. Section 5 discusses areas of domestic policies in enhancing trade and foreign direct investment in Southern Africa. Section 6 summarizes the findings from this analysis and discusses their policy implications.

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Neighboring countries; Investment climate; Epz; Financial crisis; Foreign share; Business environment; Export processing; Financial companies; Spatial economics; Regional integration; Global exports; Foreign ownership; Investment flows; Commodity; Export performance; Negative externalities; Telephone services; International production; Middle-income country; Gdp; Trading system; World investment report; Individual firms; Investment regimes; Convergence; Holding companies; Domestic enterprises; Export market; Global export; Cross-border transaction; Economic research; Intraregional trade; Export value; Protecting investors; Labor market; Growing trade; Economies of scale; Holding company; Exporters; Labor productivity; Structural shift; Patterns of trade; Merchandise trade; Formal trade; Extra-regional trade; Duty-free access; Capital intensity; Regional trade; Investment integration; Central bank; Customs; Domestic investment; World trading system; Econometric analysis; Cross-border transactions; Reserve bank; Apparel; Unskilled labor; Corporate ownership; Transport equipment; Economic inefficiency; Regulator; Economic crisis; Domestic investment climate; Foreign investments; Communication technologies; Insurer; Monopolistic competition; Customs clearance; Transparency; Trade logistics; Economic efficiency; Export intensity; Volume of trade; Foreign firm; Investor protection; Border crossings; Capital per worker; Private capital; Investment climate constraints; Economic partnership agreements; Affiliated firms; Comparative advantage; Bilateral trade data; Productivity growth; Public entities; Intermediate goods; State owned banks; Free access; Manufacturing industries; Transport sector; Horizontal restrictions; Technological capabilities; Entry points; Financial services; Natural resource; Rapid growth; Cross-border trade; Bilateral trade; Customs policies; Local labor; National output; Global markets; Middle-income countries; Economic community; Export processing zone; Gravity models; Country growth; Export orientation; Sunk costs; World investment; Aggregate trends; Customs administration; Standard errors; Export markets; Domestic firms; Border trade; Foreign investors; Foreign companies; Inefficiency; Foreign nationals; Economic outlook; Private capital flows; Outputs; Economic surveys; Gravity model; Financial flows; Low-income countries; Foreign direct investment; Company management; Regional groups; Imported inputs; Commodity trade; Transport services; Tax; Ownership structure; Positive externalities; Foreign owners; Capital inflows; Domestic economy; Middle income countries

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2010

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