Investment and Risk in Africa

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Investment and Risk in Africa....Pages 3-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Rating Africa: The Economic and Political Content of Risk Indicators....Pages 33-70
Risk and Private Investment: Africa Compared with Other Developing Areas....Pages 71-95
Risk, Financial Constraints and Equipment Investment in Ghana: A Firm-level Analysis....Pages 96-121
The Risk and Expected Returns of African Equity Investment....Pages 122-150
Risk and Portfolio Investment in Africa: A Practitioner’s Approach....Pages 151-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
The Central Bank as a Restraint: the Experience of Uganda....Pages 169-184
The Cash-Budget as a Restraint: The Experience of Zambia....Pages 185-218
The Courts as a Restraint: The Experience of Tanzania, Uganda and Botswana....Pages 219-245
Investment Codes as a Restraint: The Experience of Southern Africa....Pages 246-271
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
The Franc Zone as a Restraint....Pages 275-307
Aid and Debt Conditionality as Restraints....Pages 308-322
Investment Insurance in Africa....Pages 323-337
The Potential for Restraint through International Trade Agreements....Pages 338-351
The Potential for Restraint through an International Charter for FDI....Pages 352-362
Front Matter....Pages 363-363
So What Have We Learned....Pages 365-372
Back Matter....Pages 373-388