| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Tanzania | tza |
This dataset underlies the publication:
Mwakabungu, Benedict Huruma Peter. [Date]. Examining the link between FDI and economic growth in Tanzania through financial development, capital formation and labor inputs
The research covers tthe short and long-run impact of FDI, financial development, capital formation and labor force on economic growth of Tanzania. The paper explores the nexus among the variables simultaneously during 1991 - 2021 using time series methods of co-integration and Granger causality, within the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model. The finding reveals long-run relationship among the variables under study. The impact of FDI and labor force on economic growth is positive and statistically significant in the long run.
Data used for the research includes GDP growth (Annual %), Net FDI inflows (% of GDP), Financial Development (% of GDP), Labour force participation rate (annual change %) and Gross Capital formation (% of GDP).
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Benedict Huruma Peter Mwakabungu | College of Business Education, Dodoma, Tanzania |
| Jignesh Kauangal | Shree Narayana College of Commerce, Ahmedabad, India |
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2021 | Time-Series |
The dataset was created from economic time-series data publicly available from the websites of the World Bank and OECD National Accounts.
Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License
Mwakabungu, B.H.P and Kauangal, J. [Date]. FDI and Economic Growth in Tanzania 1991-2021 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: DataFirst [publisher and distributor], 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/m4bp-1y94
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town |
Metadata producer |