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Capital Inflows and Exports Diversification in Sub‐Saharan Africa during the MDGs Era

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  • Rasmane Ouedraogo
  • Windemanegda Sandrine Sourouema
  • Pam Zahonogo

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This paper explores the impact of different forms of capital inflows, including foreign direct investment, foreign aid, portfolio investment, and remittances, on exports diversification in sub‐Saharan Africa during the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) era. We employ the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimator to deal with the endogeneity issue. Using a sample of 35 countries over the period 2000–15, it shows that the impact of capital inflows on exports diversification depends on the type of capital. We find evidence that foreign aid, foreign direct investment, and remittances have positive effects on exports diversification, while portfolio inflows negatively affect exports diversification. Moreover, we find that the impact of capital inflows on exports diversification differs across the region of destination of the exported products. This study underscores the important role of international cooperation and capital inflows in sub‐Saharan Africa, and lends support to policies aiming to attract foreign capital.

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  • Rasmane Ouedraogo & Windemanegda Sandrine Sourouema & Pam Zahonogo, 2018. "Capital Inflows and Exports Diversification in Sub‐Saharan Africa during the MDGs Era," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 30(1), pages 1-18, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:afrdev:v:30:y:2018:i:1:p:1-18
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12308
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