Foreign direct investment and food security in South Africa: a spatial analysis at the local municipal level

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dc.contributor.authorDunstan, Cassandra
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-16T08:34:23Z
dc.date.available2019-07-16T08:34:23Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionA Research Report submitted in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Commerce in Economics in the School of Economic and Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand 2018en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and food security at the local municipal level in South Africa. This analysis is based on a cross sectional framework for 2016 and a panel framework over the period 2000 – 2016. Furthermore, the study utilized geospatial analysis. There is currently little to no literature deciphering the relationship between foreign direct investment and food security, in terms of the South African context. The contribution of this paper is to bridge the gap. The results show the importance of an equitable distribution of foreign direct investment, across various local municipalities in South Africa, as a means to alleviating hunger and food insecurity. More specifically, the paper has managed to highlight the fact that municipalities that receive a sufficient amount of foreign direct investment experience lower levels of hunger in comparison to the local municipalities that receive little to no foreign direct investment.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMT 2019en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (63 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationDunstan, Cassandra Barnes, (2018) Foreign direct investment and food security in South Africa :|ba spatial analysis at the local municipal level, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, https://hdl.handle.net/10539/27664
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/27664
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshFood supply--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshFood security--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshSouth Africa--Foreign economic relations
dc.titleForeign direct investment and food security in South Africa: a spatial analysis at the local municipal levelen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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