The Analysis of the Effectiveness of Public and Private Sanctions on Foreign Direct Investment: The Case Studies of Sudan and South Africa

Monika Volovská

Master's thesis

Analýza efektivnosti privátních a veřejných sankcí na přímé zahraniční investice: případové studie Súdán a Jihoafrická republika

Abstract:

This Master thesis analyses the effectives of public and private sanctions on foreign direct investment. The issue is examined by studying the two most visible cases of the use of this type of economic sanctions to date: South Africa and Sudan. The main goal of the thesis is to demonstrate that sanctions on foreign direct investment are ineffective in terms of achieving publicly stated goals due to the efficiency of capital markets and substitutability of capital. An additional objective of the study is to show that while the policy tool lacks the ability to produce policy changes in the target countries, it can be successful in accomplishing other, unstated, goals

Abstract:

This Master thesis analyses the effectives of public and private sanctions on foreign direct investment. The issue is examined by studying the two most visible cases of the use of this type of economic sanctions to date: South Africa and Sudan. The main goal of the thesis is to demonstrate that sanctions on foreign direct investment are ineffective in terms of achieving publicly stated goals due to the efficiency of capital markets and substitutability of capital. An additional objective of the study is to show that while the policy tool lacks the ability to produce policy changes in the target countries, it can be successful in accomplishing other, unstated, goals

Keywords

international economic sanctions, sanctions on foreign direct investment, South Africa, Sudan, divestment campaign, disinvestment

Keywords

mezinarodni ekonomicke sankce, sankce na přímé zahraniční investice, Jihoafrická republika, Súdán, divestiční kampaň, dezinvestice

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 1. 7. 2010

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Markéta Žídková

Univerzita Palackého

Filozofická fakulta

Master programme / field:
Politologie / Politologie a evropská studia