Global Development Finance 2010 : : External Debt of Developing Countries

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140600703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-50219-0; 9786612502194; 0-8213-8230-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 pages)
• Collana: Global Development Finance
• Disciplina: 332.1532; 336.3435091724
• Soggetti: Debts, External - Developing countries; Finance - Developing countries; International finance
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "... is a continuation of the World Bank's publications Global Development Finance, Volume II (1997 through 2009) and the earlier World Debt Tables (1973 through 1996)."; "In previous years this volume was published as Global Development Finance: Volume 2. This new edition will be published as a single volume, and Volume 1 will no longer be published"--World Bank publications web site.; Companion volume to: The Little data book on external debt.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Overview; Summary tables; Regional and income group aggregate tables; Country tables; About the data; Country groups; Glossary; Users guide
• Sommario/riassunto: Global Development Finance: External Debt of Developing Countries (GDF)-the World Bank's annual report on debt financing of developing countries-includes comprehensive data for 128 countries that report under the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System, as well as summary data for regions and income groups. The GDF is available in print or electronically. The print edition includes an overview section focusing on trends in financial flows as well as trends in external debt for developing countries in 2008. It also highlights support from the World ; Bank Group to developing countries and the developments in debt restructuring in 2008. Together with this review of major financial developments in the previous year, you can find summary tables of regional and income group aggregates, and country tables. The electronic version contains the complete time-series database and is available as a CD-ROM or through an online subscription -- GDF Online.Data can be downloaded for further analysis from either the CD-ROM* or Online editions. Both include more than 200 historical time series from 1970 to 2008. The database covers external debt stocks and flows and their components, foreign direct investment, and equity flows along with key debt ratios, providing a detailed, country-by-country picture of the debt of developing countries. The mapping and charting functions included on both the CD-ROM and Online editions allow users to visualize the data and save images for use in other applications. These features plus data export options in standard formats like Excel make GDF the most comprehensive and detailed source of economic data on external debt and financial flows. Users of GDF Online may also choose their preferred language interface: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, or Chinese. In previous editions, Global Development Finance: External Debt of Developing Countries was published as Global Development Finance: Volume 2.