Foreign Direct Investment

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The world has increasingly accepted that private capital has a vital role to play in economic development. Foreign direct investment throws in to capital accumulation and technological progress and is an imperative catalyst for industrial development. The main objective of this study is assessing the effect of foreign direct investment on growth domestic product in Ethiopia over the period of 2000-2013/14. The study is based on secondary data. The study used time series data and ordinary least square (OLS) method. The major findings of this study are the average contribution of foreign direct investment on gross domestic product is 2.34% within the study periods; foreign direct investment has a positive and medium correlation with growth domestic…show more content…
FDI used as bridging the gap between domestic saving and investment and bringing the latest technology and management know-how from developed countries. Its potential benefits includes employment generation and growth, stimulate domestic investment , promote export, supplementing domestic savings, integration into the global economy, raising skills of local labor, transfer of modern technologies, enhanced efficiency, management skills and potential cooperation and business opportunities for local businesses. Foreign direct investment is an investment involving a long-term relationship and reflecting a lasting interest and control by a resident entity in one economy (foreign direct investor or parent enterprise) in an enterprise resident in an economy other than that of the foreign direct investor (FDI enterprise or affiliate enterprise or foreign affiliate). FDI involve that the investor exerts a significant degree of influence on the management of the enterprise resident in the other economy. Such investment involves both the initial transaction between the two entities and all subsequent transactions between them and among foreign affiliates, both incorporated and unincorporated. FDI may be undertaken by individuals as well as business entities (World investment report,…show more content…
For instance, in 2010 domestic investment in Africa was about $353 billion compared to $100 billion in 2000. In addition, the share of domestic investment in GDP raised from about 17 per cent in 2000 to 21 per cent in 2010. Although the increase in domestic investment in Africa is significant, it is worth noting that the share of investment in GDP in Africa is well below the investment share of other developing regions, in particular developing countries in Asia, where the share was about 35 per cent in 2010. In this observe, there is a need for African countries to increase their investment ratios to the levels observed in rapidly growing emerging developing countries to enhance prospects for sustained economic growth (UNCTAD,
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