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An investigation of factors affecting the decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) in Botswana

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2006. / The aim of this study was to investigate reasons/factors affecting the decline in
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Botswana.
It has been observed that there are many factors that help explain why the inflow
of (FDI) is skewed towards developed nations. Principal amongst them is the
population factor, that is, bigger markets and the level of technology. In the case
of developing countries in general and Botswana in particular it was found out
that FDI was attracted by the prospects of making massive profits.
Therefore multinational companies invest mostly in developing countries which
are endowed with natural resources such as ()iI, diamonds, gold and platinum.
Although Botswana is endowed with diamonds and other natural resources, it
has not been attracting the much needed FDI. Reasons advanced for its failure
to attract good FDI include among others, small population, the bureaucratic civil
service, lack of good infrastructure and lack of well trained human resources in
the fields of science, engineering and financial services.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/20889
Date12 1900
CreatorsPagiwa, Modisaotsile Mmilidzi
ContributorsRoux, Andre, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Graduate School of Business.
PublisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Languageen_ZA
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsStellenbosch University

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