The Effects of Foreign Investment on Micro-level Social Economic Outcomes: Evidence from the Zambian Extractive Industry

Student: Banda Gilbert

Supervisor: Israel Marques II

Educational Programme: Politics. Economics. Philosophy (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2020

This paper looks into the effects of FDI on the micro-level socio economic outcomes. The study uses the Zambian Extractive industry as a reference point. To guide the study, employment, healthcare, education and growth of Small and Medium enterprises have been identified as the key socio-economic outcomes at the micro level. These factors have been discussed with respect to how the FDI in the Zambian mining industry affects them directly. The study has narrowed down to the Chinese FDI in the copper industry.

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