Toky přímých zahraničních investic do Afriky

This document deals with the flows of foreign direct investments (FDI) which flow into the African continent. It focuses mainly on the development in the 21st century. Preliminary the term foreign direct investment is defined and it is examined how important FDI are in developing countries and their impact on them. Then I describe the development of FDI inflows in the world and in the developing economies. I am also concerned with the development of the world's and African FDI outflows. Then the essay gives account of FDI inflows into the African countries. It mentions in which regions they tend to flow and which sectors they prefer. I name the most important investors and focus on the Asian developing countries. Attention is paid to the importance of intraafrican investments. In the last part the document describes the development of FDI political strategies and the determinants of the small African proportion on the world's FDI inflows and the measures to increase it.