Undergraduate Economic Review
Abstract
Variation in the economic well-being among sub-Saharan African countries is among the highest of any region in the world. This paper attempts to address this disparity by exploring the role of foreign capital inflows. This project extends the concept of well-being beyond GDP growth, to include measures of poverty and inequality. A multivariate regression analysis finds that the observed capital inflows have significant effects on all three measurements of well-being. Findings suggest that the level of affluence of the domestic population has significant effects on the ability of those populations to translate diaspora remittances into improvements in well-being.
Recommended Citation
Csanadi, Alexander M.
(2018)
"Foreign Capital Inflows and Economic Well-being: A Statistical Analysis of 46 Sub-Saharan African Countries From 1995-2015,"
Undergraduate Economic Review: Vol. 15:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
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https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/uer/vol15/iss1/5
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