Administrative, Infrastructure and Finance Related Factors Affecting Private Investment in East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia

Abstract

The aims of this study is to examine Administrative, Infrastructure and Finance related factors affecting private investment activities in East Gojjam zone with the intention of providing valuable information about the investment environment of the zone to the potential investors. Descriptive type of research design has been used in this study by giving more emphasis on qualitative data analysis method. The study used bprimary data. Pre-designed self-administered questionnaire has been used to collect primary data. In order to obtain primary data, a total of 299 questionnaires were distributed to investors found in East Gojjam zone and 294 of them were filled and returned to researchers. The outcome of this study revealed that, the major bottlenecks of investment in East Gojjam zone are Administrative and policy related factors, Infrastructure related factors Macro economic variables which have a nationwide effect, unavailability of foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate fluctuations affects private investment in East Gojjam Zone.

Keywords: Administrative Factors, Infrastructure Factors, Finance Factors and Private Investment

DOI: 10.7176/RJFA/10-23-02

Publication date: December 31^st 2019