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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450218003321

Autore

Bank World

Titolo

Global Development Finance 2006 [[electronic resource] ] : The Development Potential of Surging Capital Flows

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2006

ISBN

1-280-50341-6

9786610503414

0-8213-6623-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (702 p.)

Disciplina

332.042

336.3/435/091724

Soggetti

Debts, External

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Volume I; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Selected Abbreviations; Overview and Policy Messages: The Development Potential of Surging Capital Flows; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Chapter 1 Prospects for the Global Economy; Chapter 2 The Growth and Transformation of Private Capital Flows; Chapter 3 Supporting Development through Aid and Debt Relief; Chapter 4 Financial Integration among Developing Countries; Chapter 5 Challenges in Managing Capital Flows; Statistical Appendix; Volume II; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About data; Abbreviations; Country groups

Summary tables Regional and income group aggregate tables; Country tables

Sommario/riassunto

International private capital flows to developing countries reached a record net level of 491 billion in 2005. This surge in private capital flows offers national and international policy makers a major opportunity to bolster development efforts if they can successfully meet three challenges. The first is to ensure that more countries, especially poorer ones, enhance their access to developmentally beneficial international capital through improvements in their



macroeconomic performance, investment climate, and use of aid. The second is to avoid sudden capital flow reversals by redressing glob