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Instabilite Socio-politique et attractivite des Investissements Directs Etrangers (IDE) au Cameroun

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  • Marcel Rene Gouenet

    (Association of African Young Economists)

  • Christian Lambert Nguena

    (Association of African Young Economists)

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This paper prolongs the reflection on the business and investment environment which remains the major determinant of the quality and quantity of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) destined for a country. Socio-political instability creates an unfavourable environment and represents a risk for the private investment in general and for FDI in particular. The unattractive nature of sub-Saharan African countries for foreign investors and the coexistence of socio-political instability factors such as civil wars, “coups d’états”, and different civil problems have pushed to use specific context of Cameroon to evaluate the relation between socio-political instability and the influx of FDI.

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  • Marcel Rene Gouenet & Christian Lambert Nguena, 2013. "Instabilite Socio-politique et attractivite des Investissements Directs Etrangers (IDE) au Cameroun," AAYE Policy Research Working Paper Series 13_006, Association of African Young Economists, revised Dec 2013.
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