Towards a normative framework for local authorities in facilitating foreign direct investment

Journal of Governance and Regulation

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Ralph Vezembouua Marenga¹  Lesley Blaauw¹  Omu Kakujaha-Matundu¹ 

[1] Faculty of Commerce, Management and Law, School of Business Management, Governance and Economics, University of Namibia

关键词: Normative Framework;    Local Authority;    Foreign Direct Investment;    Facilitation;    Namibia;   

DOI  :  10.22495/jgrv11i1siart11

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Virtus Interpress

【 摘 要 】

Using two local authorities (LAs) (Windhoek and Walvis Bay) in Namibia, this study problematises their negative and neutral developmental experiences with facilitating foreign direct investment (FDI) as concerning (Jauch, 2020). The absence of a normative framework for LA FDI facilitation in Namibia’s multi-level government (MLG) system creates a developmental quagmire for LAs. This study develops a normative framework for LA FDI facilitation to avert the negative and neutral developmental experiences of LAs with facilitating FDI. Using the qualitative method, this study interviewed 13 key respondents that were sampled through the purposive/judgemental technique. Data were interpreted and presented through thematic analysis. The key findings point to the development of a normative framework for LA FDI facilitation that ascends the need for 1) sufficient decentralised functions of FDI facilitation in an MLG system; 2) policy and legislative harmonisation to avert challenges of coordination and implementation in an MLG system; 3) institutional structures for an efficient MLG system at the LA level; and 4) broader legal and policy framework for efficient governance at the sub-national government (SNG) level in an MLG system. This study recommends the application of this normative framework in MLG systems to ascend LAs’ developmental role in facilitating FDI for development.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC