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Africa Economics Student Essays

The Impact of Elections on FDI in East Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions suffer from a lack of foreign direct investment. This paper analyzes how democracy and certainty factors in elections impact FDI inflows in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda from 1971-2015.

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Economics Explainers

Explainers: What is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)?

The RCEP was initiated in November 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia by ASEAN with the goal of fostering multilateral trade among the deal’s signatory states and India. While involved in the negotiation process, India withdrew in 2019 over concerns that tariff reductions will harm local producers.