Foreign Direct Investment And Empployment: "A Case Study Of Three Selected Foreign Direct Investments In Juba County"

ABSTRACT

The research examines and establishes the relationship between foreign direct

investment (FDis) and employment opportunities in the case study Juba County, South

Sudan. It was based on the followi~g objectives at ways of attracting the FDis, how

government benefits from FDis and how FDis also benefit from their business. Lastly,

challenges facing the FDis in the area were also looked into.

In the literature review, what different authors and theories have stated have been

analyzed such that objectives can easily be understood. In the research methodology,

the study employed descriptive design where both qualitative and quantitative

approaches were employed and the study population consisted of the employees of the

FDis selected, local government administrators, students and natives of Juba County.

Ninety respondents were sampled through random and purposive sampling techniques.

Both questionnaire and interview methods were used to collect data.

The findings of the study reveal that foreign direct investment has been instrumental in

creating employment opportunities to the people of South Sudan. The confirmation

from the secondary data also confirmed that each FDis selected for this research

employs more than 60 percent of the local population as skilled, semi-skilled and

unskilled employees. The government uses strategic ways to attract and sustain the

activities of foreign investors in the country.

In conclusion, it was established that there is a significance relationship between the

foreign direct investment and employment opportunities in Juba county South Sudan

The researcher therefore recommended that the government needs to continue

enacting favorable policies and stable and favorable political environment besides

developing social and economic infrastructures hence promoting and developing FDis for more job creation.