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August 25, 2025International Journal of Economics and Financial IssuesOpen Access

Analysing the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in South Africa: The Role of Political Stability

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NMNompumelelo Mpumi MthimkhuluODOladipo Olalekan DavidAWAbigail Stiglingh-Van Wyk

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Analysis reveals FDI negatively impacts growth in South Africa, highlighting the role of political stability and governance.

Key Points

  • Economic growth is negatively influenced by foreign direct investment and political stability in South Africa, suggesting inefficiencies.
  • Key evidence from the ARDL model indicates that human capital stock positively impacts long-term economic growth, while labour force effects are negative.
  • Autoregressive Distributed Lag analysis addresses dynamics between economic growth, FDI, political stability, and human capital across 1994-2023.
  • Findings call for targeted FDI policies and reforms to improve labour productivity and ensure effective economic development.

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Mthimkhulu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af5f19ad7bf08b1eae202fhttps://doi.org/10.32479/ijefi.19722
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