Foreign direct investment and technology spillovers in sub-Saharan Africa

Shunsuke Managi; Samuel Mulenga Bwalya

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Foreign direct investment and technology spillovers in sub-Saharan Africa

Shunsuke Managi, Samuel Mulenga Bwalya

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Abstract

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an effective conduit for technology transfer through technology spillovers to domestically owned firms in the host country. This study analyses the significance of productivity externalities of FDI to local firms, in terms of both intra-industry and inter-industry spillovers, using firm-level data from Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The results show evidences in support of intra- and inter-industry productivity spillovers from FDI for Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	605-608
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Economics Letters
Volume	17
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13504850802167173
Publication status	Published - Apr 2010
Externally published	Yes

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