Global Development Finance 2004 - The Changing Face of Finance: Analysis and Statistical AppendixWorld Bank Publications, 2004 - 232 pages The external financing environment facing developing countries has brightened. In 2003, as global growth gained momentum, private capital flows to developing countries increased to $200 billion their highest level in five years. Harnessing these gains to promote long-term investment and growth is the key theme of Global Development Finance 2004. With analysis and data spanning from short-term trade to long-term infrastructure finance, Global Development Finance 2004 is unique in its breath of coverage of the issues related to international development finance. By providing a comprehensive review of recent trends in and prospects for all development-related flows (including debt, equity, official aid, and workers remittances), Global Development Finance 2004 enables government officials, economists, investors, financial consultants, academics and policymakers in the development community to better understand, manage, and promote the key challenge of financing development in todays globalized environment. Global Development Finance 2004, I: Analysis and Summary Tables reviews recent trends in and prospects for financial flows to developing countries. It highlights sources of vulnerability and risk in the recovery in private flows, notably the likely increases in interest rates in the advanced economies, volatility in major currencies and financial markets stemming from large global current-account imbalances, and fears of policy slippages in macroeconomic management in developing countries. It also contains the World Banks assessment of the global outlook in light of the recent economic recovery. Global Development Finance 2004, II: Summary and Country Tables includes a comprehensive set of tables of data for 136 countries that report under the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, as well as summary data for regions and income groups. It contains data on total external debt stocks and flows, aggregates, and key debt ratios, and provides a detailed, country-by-country picture of debt. Global Development Finance 2004 debt data are also available on CD-ROM and online, with more than 200 historical time series from 1970 to 2002, and country group estimates for 2003. |
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... investment climate in selected economies 81 85 3.5 Composition of FDI by region , 1995-2002 87 3.6 3.7 3A.1 Net inward portfolio equity flows to developing countries , 1995–2003 Forecast for equity flows to developing countries , 2002 ...
... investment rating , 1980-2003 Countries receiving the most official export credits , 1999-2001 Countries with the highest ratios of export credits to imports , 1999-2001 Ratio of officially supported export credits to imports , 1991 ...
... investment in Brazil 80 3.2 FDI for call centers 83 3.3 Political risk insurance 85 3.4 3.5 Factors affecting ... investing in telecommunications and electricity Multilateral development bank spending on infrastructure in recent years ...
... Investment Guarantee Agency EU European Union ( of the World Bank Group ) FDI Foreign direct investment North American Free Trade Agreement FIAS Foreign Investment Advisory Service ( of the World Bank ) FPC First principal component Net ...
... invested in the financial markets of advanced economies - has introduced a new dimension to the relationship between the developed and developing worlds . More than ever , global capital flows , trade , and exchange - rate policies are ...