This paper analyzes the effects of several policy and other macro-economic variables on the ratio of private investment … econometric evidence indicates that the rate of private investment is positively related to the real growth rate of GDP, public … sector investment, and to a lesser extent the level of per capita GDP, while it is negatively related to domestic inflation …

This paper summarizes the relevant considerations and presents decisions for the establishment of an Investment Account …

. While some countries need to raise consumption, several need to raise investment or reorient it from tradable to nontradable … sectors. These changes in investment could be facilitated by financial reforms that enhance domestically oriented firms … uncertainty, and by improvements in infrastructure that raise the returns to private investment …