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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450218803321

Titolo

Review, analysis, and outlook [[electronic resource] ] : statistical appendix

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : The World Bank, 2006

ISBN

1-280-50340-8

9786610503407

0-8213-6480-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Global Development Finance: The Development Potential of Surging Capital Flows ; ; 1

Disciplina

332.042

336.3/435/091724

Soggetti

Debts, External - Developing countries

Finance - Developing countries

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

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

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