Open AccessImproving transport infrastructure in strategies to attract foreign investors to Africa
Author(s) -
Bundit Pungnirund
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/918/1/012207
Subject(s) - foreign direct investment , modernization theory , business , context (archaeology) , transport infrastructure , transportation infrastructure , investment (military) , international trade , economic growth , economics , political science , engineering , transport engineering , politics , geography , archaeology , law , macroeconomics
The paper discusses the most recent African initiatives to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) through improving institutional environment and economy’s competitiveness in the context of regional transport infrastructure modernizing. The FDI role in public-private partnerships and implementation of large infrastructure projects in Africa, such as railways’ and seaports’ construction and modernization, is also considered. The author analyzes the prospects of increasing FDI inflows in Africa through regional transportation development (namely, through seaports and railway networks).