DIASPORA DIRECT INVESTMENTS: THE CHALLENGES OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

Year 2018, Volume: 4 Issue: 14, 706 - 713, 01.08.2018

Yannick Roland Nene Ngoma Tchıbında

Abstract

Diaspora yatırımları son 30 yılda Hindistan veya Çin gibi ülkelerin kalkınmasında çok büyük etkiye sahipken, diğer gelişmekte olan ülkeler Uluslararası Para Fonu gibi uluslararası borç verenlere veya doğrudan yabancı yatırım avına borç atarak başladılar. çoğu zaman alıcı ülkelerin ekonomileri için gerçek bir katalizör olarak görülür. Ancak, bu görev hala zor. Çeşitli nedenlerden dolayı, hükümetler genellikle büyüme hedeflerine uygun olmayan, ancak yatırımcıların stratejik çıkarlarına uygun seçimler yapıyorlar. Öte yandan, son yıllarda Afrika ülkelerine özel işçi dövizlerinde güçlü bir büyüme gerçekleşmiştir. Dünya bankasının rakamlarına göre, Sahra Altı Afrika, 2016 yılında 33 milyar ABD Doları'ndan az olmamakla birlikte, bu Afrika diasporasının kendi menşe ülkeleri için sahip olabileceği güce özellikle dikkat çekiyor. Dünya bankasının 2000 ve 2016 arasındaki kıtadaki para transferleri hakkındaki verilerine dayanarak, bu makale Afrika diasporasının mali kapasitelerini ve zorluklarını inceliyor; bu da, kıtaya gönderilen fonlarla, kilit sektörlerdeki yatırımları çoğaltarak yerel ekonomileri önemli ölçüde etkileyebilir.

Keywords

Yatırım, Diaspora, Doğrudan yabancı yatırım, Doğrudan diaspora yatırım

DOĞRUDAN DIASPORA YATIRIMLAR: AFRİKA DIASPORASININ ZORLUKLARI

Abstract

Diaspora investments have had tremendous impacts in the development of countries like India or China during the last three decades while other developing countries have embarked on a rush of debt to international lenders like the International Monetary Fund IMF or to the hunt for foreign direct investment FDI , often seen as a real catalyst for the economies of the recipient countries. Yet the task remains difficult: for various reasons, governments often make choices that are not suited to their growth ambitions but simply to the strategic interests of investors. On the other hand, there has been strong growth in private remittances to African countries in recent years. According to the figures of the world bank, Sub-Saharan Africa received not less than US33 billion during the year 2016. This draws particular attention to the strength that this African diaspora can have for their countries of origin. Based on the world bank’s data on remittances to the continent between 2000 and 2016, this article analyses the financial capacities and challenges of the African diaspora, which, through funds sent to the continent, can significantly impact local economies by multiplying investments in the key sectors.

Keywords

Investment, Diaspora, foreign direct investment, diaspora direct investment

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