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Green foreign direct investment in Africa

Project Active from 15 Mar 2025 to 15 Mar 2026 Sustainable Growth, Firms and Trade

This project explores the opportunities and challenges of the global green transition in low- and middle-income countries. Using mixed methods, it creates a nuanced dataset on green inward foreign direct investment (FDI) for IGC countries and conducts a case study of Rwanda, using global value chains (GVC) mapping and interviews, to explore policy initiatives for green growth via FDI and GVC integration.

Researchers

Riccardo Crescenzi

Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Juan Alvarez-Vilanova

PhD Candidate in Economic Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Oliver Harman

Senior Policy Economist, International Growth Centre

Christian Lippitsch

Senior Country Economist, Rwanda, International Growth Centre

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