The Political Economy of Chinese FDI in Africa - Productive FDI and Industrialisation

This book provides unique insight into Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. With a particular focus on Ethiopia, it examines the impact of FDI on Africa's industrial and manufacturing sector and the potential for productive FDI to advance industrialisation and create jobs for a large and young labour market. The creation of government policies and an institutional framework for the management of FDI is also examined, alongside lessons that can be learnt from policies that were less successful.
This book offers a comparative perspective on FDI to highlight the forms of government intervention that maximise the economic benefits of FDI. It will be relevant to students, researchers, and policymakers interested in development economics and the political economy.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Analytical framework: Theoretical, empirical, and methodology.- 3. Chinese FDI and industrialisation: The case of Ethiopia.- 4. Chinese FDI in the textile and apparel sector: A dynamic model?.- 5. Chinese FDI in the leather sector: Mixed outcomes.- 6. A comparative perspective and synthesis of Chinese manufacturing FDI.- 7. Conclusions: Performance of Chinese FDI in Africa and policy challenges.

About the author

Ayalew Mamo is a Research Associate, Centre for African Studies, SOAS University of London, UK and University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Ayalew Mamo
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.02.2025
• EAN: 9783031748769
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3174876-9
• No. of pages: 338
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 23 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 555 g
• Illustrations: XX, 338 p. 14 illus., 13 illus. in color.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in African and Development Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Afrika, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, Industrielle Organisation, foreign direct investment, Industrial Organization, Industrial Policy, Development Economics, African Economics, Political Economy and Economic Systems, Economic structural change in Africa, FDI in Ethiopia, Africa’s industrialisation, Light manufacturing, China-Africa economic relations, FDI and job creation, Chinese manufacturing FDI