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The Role of the State in Promoting Regional Integration and Private Sector Development

In: Private Sector Development in West Africa

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  • Michael M. Mbate

    (Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA))

Abstract

The private sector remains an essential component of an economy’s development process, with positive impact on development challenges such as job creation and inclusive growth. This paper investigates the determinants of private investment in a panel of 14 West African countries from 1985 to 2011. Using system GMM regression techniques, the empirical findings support the need for an educated workforce as well as the complementary role of foreign capital investment as key determinants of private investment. Besides the necessity for a stable macroeconomic environment, the results underscore the need to boost the levels of public investment in order to address infrastructural deficits which bind the growth of entrepreneurial activities in the region.

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  • Michael M. Mbate, 2014. "The Role of the State in Promoting Regional Integration and Private Sector Development," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Diery Seck (ed.), Private Sector Development in West Africa, edition 127, pages 187-198, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-319-05188-8_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05188-8_9
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    1. Abdulazeez Hudu Wudil & Muhammad Usman & Joanna Rosak-Szyrocka & Ladislav Pilař & Mortala Boye, 2022. "Reversing Years for Global Food Security: A Review of the Food Security Situation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-22, November.

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