The 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) represent 14 percent of the
world's population and include seven of the 10 fastest growing nations
in the world: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Ghana,
Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia. Overall, SSA is stabilizing
and growing, with fewer conflicts and banking crises since the 1990s and
early 2000 (Beck, Maimbo, Faye, and Triki 2011) and more foreign direct
investment (FDI) flows. FDI inflows to the region rose from $23 billion
in 2006 to $38 billion in 2010, according to the UNCTAD statistics
database. The increase is due to a number of factors, including
consistent gross domestic product growth rates, increased political
stability, a growing middle class, and reforms that reduce barriers to
entry (World Bank 2011).
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