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 …

Despite the growing support for market-oriented strategies, and for a greater role of private investment, empirical … growth models for developing countries typically make no distinction between the private and public components of investment … public sector and private sector investment. This model is estimated for a cross - section sample of 24 developing countries …

(CPMG) methodology of Pesaran et al. (1999) for estimation. The latter takes account of cross-country heterogeneity and …

The Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015: Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity was written jointly by the World Bank … three elements needed to make growth more inclusive and sustainable: investment in human capital that favors the poor, the …

, emerging priorities, and provides a detailed region-by-region picture of performance in the developing regions of the world … concentrated. The report, which is jointly issued by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, argues that gender …

. Yet the world is still far from achieving the MDGs. This Global Monitoring Report (GMR) reviews the efforts under way to … national investment climates. Recent progress in human development outcomes points to the need for more flexible aid, better …