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The effects of foreign direct investment on youth unemployment in the Southern African Development Community

dc.contributor.authorMkombe, D.
dc.contributor.authorHirpa Tufa, A.
dc.contributor.authorAlene, A.
dc.contributor.authorManda, J.
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, S.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, T.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, V.
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-09T09:36:48Z
dc.date.available2022-08-09T09:36:48Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-27
dc.identifier.citationMkombe, D., Hirpa Tufa, A., Alene, A. D., Manda, J., Feleke, S., Abdoulaye, T. & Manyong, V. (2020). The effects of foreign direct investment on youth unemployment in the Southern African Development Community. Development Southern Africa, 38(6), 863-878
dc.identifier.issn0376-835X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7615
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on youth unemployment in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region using panel data from the World Bank World Development Indicators for the period 1994–2017. Results from the Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS-Parks) technique show that FDI has an insignificant effect on reducing youth unemployment in the SADC region. This could be because the type of FDI in the region is partly mergers and acquisitions, which has fewer jobs creating capacity compared to Greenfield investment. This suggests the need for governments in the region to pursue labour-absorbing FDI policies and also ensure that foreign investment inflows are channelled towards labour-intensive sectors that have high labour absorptive capacity such as horticulture and floriculture.
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
dc.format.extent863-878
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectYouth Employment
dc.subjectYouth
dc.subjectUnemployment
dc.subjectPoverty Alleviation
dc.subjectEconomic Growth
dc.titleThe effects of foreign direct investment on youth unemployment in the Southern African Development Community
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpGrain Legumes
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Malawi
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.hubSouthern Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidMKOMBE:2020
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectPolicies and Institutions
cg.journalDevelopment Southern Africa
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2020.1796598
cg.iitaauthor.identifierAdane Tufa: 0000-0001-9801-6526
cg.iitaauthor.identifierArega Alene: 0000-0002-2491-4603
cg.iitaauthor.identifierJulius Manda: 0000-0002-9599-5906
cg.iitaauthor.identifierShiferaw Feleke: 0000-0002-0759-4070
cg.iitaauthor.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
cg.iitaauthor.identifierVictor Manyong: 0000-0003-2477-7132
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue6
cg.identifier.volume38


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