Investment and Competitiveness in Africa

Part I. Financial and Physical Investment in Africa

1. The Performance of African Stock Markets Before and After the Global Financial Crisis
Diery Seck

2. Structural and Institutional Determinants of Investment Activity in Africa
Chuku Chuku, Kenneth Onye, Hycent Ajah

3. Public Investment and Competitiveness in ECOWAS: An Empirical Investigation
Akpan H. Ekpo

4. Physical Investment, Health Investment and Income Growth in Africa
Abiodun O. Folawewo, Adeniyi Jimmy Adedokun

5. Do Market Size and Remittances Explain Foreign Direct Investment Flows to Sub-Sahara Africa?
William A. Amponsah, Pablo Garcia-Fuentes

6. Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Nexus in West Africa: Does Export Category Matter?
Chukwuka Onyekwena, Idris Ademuyiwa, Eberechukwu Uneze

Part II. Trade and Competitiveness in Africa

7. Competiveness and Trade in West Africa
Toussaint Houeninvo, Khadidiatou Gassama

8. Financial Development, Trade Costs and Bilateral Trade Flows: Connecting the Nexus in ECOWAS
Evans S. Osabuohien, John T. Odebiyi, Uchenna R. Efobi, Oluyemi O. Fayomi

9. Upgrading in Value Chain: The Case of Sub-Saharan African Countries
Manfred Kouty, Patrice Bonaventure Ongono

10. Regional Disparities in the WAMZ: Integrating the Role of Market Potential and Structural Change
Douglason G. Omotor, Jimoh O. Saka

11. Is Regional Integration Beneficial for Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa? The Case of CEMAC and WAEMU
Juliet U. Elu, Gregory N. Price

Nyckelord: Economics, Development Economics, Political Economy, Capital Markets, International Economics, Regional/Spatial Science