Investment and risk in Africa
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Investment and risk in Africa
(Studies on the African economies)
Macmillan in association with Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford , St. Martin's, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book brings together academics in the fields of economics, political science, and law, with business practitioners in the fields of risk assessment and portfolio management. Their contributions are sequenced to tell a story. Africa is perceived as being a highly risky continent. As a result, investment is discouraged. These risks are partly exaggerated. However, to the extent that they reflect genuine problems they are capable of being mitigated by insurance and reduced by political restraints such as central banks, investment charters, and international agreements.
Table of Contents
- Preface - Notes on the Contributors - PART I: INTRODUCTION - Investment and Risk in Africa
- P.Collier & C.Pattillo - PART II: RISK IN AFRICA: ITS CAUSES AND ITS EFFECTS ON INVESTMENT - Rating Africa: The Economic and Political Content of Risk Indicators
- - N.U. Haque, N. Mark & D.J.Mathieson - Risk and Private Investment: Africa Compared with Other Developing Areas
- F.Z.Jaspersen, A.H.Aylward & A.D.Knox - Risk, Financial Constraints and Equipment Investment in Ghana: A Firm-Level Analysis
- C.Pattillo - Discussion
- J.W.Gunning - The Risk and Expected Returns of African Equity Investment
- C.B.Erb, C.R.Harvey & T.E.Viskanta - Discussion
- L.W.Senbet - Risk and Portfolio Investment in Africa: A Practitioner's Approach
- J.Demby - PART III: REDUCING RISK THROUGH DOMESTIC AGENCIES OF RESTRAINT - The Central Bank as a Restraint: The Experience of Uganda
- L.Kasekende & I.Hussain - Discussion
- A.O'Connell - The Cash Budget as a Restraint: The Experience of Zambia
- C.S.Adam & D.L.Bevan - Discussion
- M.MacPherson - The Courts as a Restraint: The Experience of Tanzania, Uganda and Botswana
- J.A.Widner - Discussion
- K.E.Ferree - Investment Codes as a Restraint: The Experience of Southern Africa
- D.A.Ailola - PART IV: REDUCING RISK THROUGH EXTERNAL AGENCIES OF RESTRAINT - The Franc Zone as a Restraint
- D.Stasavage - Discussion
- S.Singh - Aid and Debt Conditionality as Restraints
- R.Kanbur - Discussion
- S.O'Connell - Investment Insurance in Africa
- G.T.West - The Potential for Restraint through International Trade Agreements
- P.Collier & J.W.Gunning - The Potential for Restraint Through an International Charter for FDI
- M.Warner - PART V: CONCLUSION - So What Have We Learned?
- R.Bates - Index
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