British Industrial investment in sub-Saharan Africa: Corporate responses to economic crisis in the 1980s

Bennell, Paul

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This paper reviews the main findings of empirical research on British transnational corporations with industrial operations in the fifteen countries of English speaking Africa. The research reveals that not only is the level of equity involvements of British industrial TNCs in these countries of very minor importance in global terms but that, as a consequence of the deep and protracted economic crisis of the 1980s in Africa, nearly one third of these TNCs have withdrawn from the continent since 1979. (866.9Kb)

Date

2017-03

Author

Bennell, Paul

Additional Citation Information

Bennell, P. (n.d.). British Industrial investment in sub-Saharan Africa: Corporate responses to economic crisis in the 1990s ( Working Paper;04 ). Harare: University of Zimbabwe, Department of Economics.

Publisher

Department of Economics, University of Zimbabwe

Subject

Industrial development
English speaking Africa
British Transnational Corporations

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