1. Can international business play a role in helping Sub-Saharan Africa's nations to reduce poverty and ignite economic growth?

2. Currently Sub-Saharan Africa receives very little in the way of foreign direct investment from firms based in developed nations. What steps can be taken by the nations of Sub-Saharan Africa to address the causes of poverty? If nations in the region start to take those steps, what do you think will happen to the flow of foreign direct investment? Will this benefit the region’s economies? How?