Foreign Direct Investment and Employment: "A Case Study of Three Selected Foreign Direct Investments in Juba County"
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2011-06
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management Sciences .
Abstract
The research examines and establishes the relationship between foreign direct
investment (FDis) and employment opportunities in the case study Juba County, South
Sudan. It was based on the followi~g objectives at ways of attracting the FDis, how
government benefits from FDis and how FDis also benefit from their business. Lastly,
challenges facing the FDis in the area were also looked into.
In the literature review, what different authors and theories have stated have been
analyzed such that objectives can easily be understood. In the research methodology,
the study employed descriptive design where both qualitative and quantitative
approaches were employed and the study population consisted of the employees of the
FDis selected, local government administrators, students and natives of Juba County.
Ninety respondents were sampled through random and purposive sampling techniques.
Both questionnaire and interview methods were used to collect data.
The findings of the study reveal that foreign direct investment has been instrumental in
creating employment opportunities to the people of South Sudan. The confirmation
from the secondary data also confirmed that each FDis selected for this research
employs more than 60 percent of the local population as skilled, semi-skilled and
unskilled employees. The government uses strategic ways to attract and sustain the
activities of foreign investors in the country.
In conclusion, it was established that there is a significance relationship between the
foreign direct investment and employment opportunities in Juba county South Sudan
The researcher therefore recommended that the government needs to continue
enacting favorable policies and stable and favorable political environment besides
developing social and economic infrastructures hence promoting and developing FDis
for more job creation.
Description
A research report submitted to the School of
Economics and Applied Statistics in Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirements for the
Award of Bachelor Degree in
Economics of Kampala
International
University
Keywords
Foreign Direct Investment, Employment, Juba County