Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191320 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/17/058
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
The study assesses how external flows influence inclusive human development in a panel of 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions and Generalised Method of Moments. The findings from both estimation techniques reveal that remittances and FDI increase inclusive development whereas foreign aid has the opposite effect. The results suggest some positive and negative impacts of interest for further analysis. First, remittances are negatively associated with: (i) Middle income countries compared to Low income countries where the effect is not significant; (ii) French Civil law countries compared to English Common law countries where the effect is positive and (iii) Resource-rich countries compared to their Resource-poor counterparts where the effect is positive. Second, foreign aid is more negatively linked to Low income, French Civil law, Islam-dominated, Un-landlocked, Resource-rich and Politically-unstable countries. Third, FDI is positively associated with: (i) Low income, French Civil law and Landlocked countries compared to respectively Middle income, English Common law and Un-landlocked countries where the effect is insignificant and (ii) Politically-stable countries compared to their Politically-unstable counterparts where the effect is negative.
Subjects: 
Foreign investment
Remittances
Foreign aid
Inclusive development
Africa
JEL: 
F21
F24
F35
I30
O55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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