Brighton Liseli Kabika

Relationship Between Foreign Direct Investment and Exports in Zambia: a Case of Zambia's Two Major Industries Brighton Liseli Kabika

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been widely considered as an engine of growth. Developing and transition economies have scored varying degrees of success in attracting FDI. In this paper the focus was the case of Zambia and indications were that FDI increases the level of exports and in the long run the result is that the major macro-economic fundamentals such as Growth Domestic Product(GDP), Inflation, Interst rates and Balance of Payments are stabilised.