An Investigation of Foreign Direct Investment’s Effect on the Mining Sector Output in Zimbabwe from 1990 to 2022
- Author
- Mahlupeko, Anisha
- Title
- An Investigation of Foreign Direct Investment’s Effect on the Mining Sector Output in Zimbabwe from 1990 to 2022
- Abstract
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The investigation applied data from the World Data, Trade Economics, Zimbabwe National
Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT), World Bank, in addition to International Monetary Fund to assess
the impact of labor, inflation, capital, merchant bank loans, as well as corruption on the mining
sector output. The investigation pursued towards discovering the effect appertaining to Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) within mining sector output with yearly time series facts. According to
investigation's findings, FDI positively impacts the mining industry, which is consistent with
theory. The investigation additionally showed that even though inflation was not a noteworthy
factor in influencing production within mining sector, labor, capital, and merchant bank loans all
had favorable bearing. Additionally, the output of the mining sector is positively correlated with
corruption. The investigation comes to a conclusion with suggestions for the appropriate
stakeholders and decision-makers on the problem of implementing strategy procedures towards
increasing local economy's appeal aimed at investment within mining sector. - Date
- 2023
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Supervisor
- N/A
- Item sets
- Department of Economics
- Media
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