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On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?

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Elizabeth Asiedu (2002). On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?. World Development, 30(1), 107-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0305-750x(01)00100-0
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