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This Selected Issues paper for Algeria analyzes the potential economic impact of Algeria’s Association Agreement with the European Union (AAEU). The paper lays out the major elements of Algeria’s AAEU and makes a comparison with other AAEUs. It discusses the potential economic...
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This Selected Issues paper on the Republic of Madagascar reports on the several key themes associated with longer-term development issues in Madagascar. As one of the poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar suffers from low levels of social indicators across all fronts including...
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Croatia’s economic vulnerability is discussed in this study. Using the balance sheet approach (BSA), this paper analyzes Croatia’s overall and sectoral vulnerabilities. Croatia’s financial sector balance sheet is exposed to liquidity, contagion, and currency risks. With...
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the general equilibrium effects of capital flows (portfolio investments and loans, FDI) on the governance of domestic …
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countries in Africa have achieved in attracting a substantial volume of FDI. Strong leadership, which has helped promote …
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In view of disappointing levels of inward foreign direct investment (FDI), this paper examines capital flows into the … projects, large privatization transactions, and debt/equity swaps to pay for energy supplies. Low FDI inflows despite …
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This report discusses major developments in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), and updates the statistical tables on recent economic developments and provides an overview of the real sector. Factors that have limited revenue collections and developments in the monetary and...
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This Selected Issues paper on the Republic of Estonia underlies gross and net international investment positions. Capital gains have been exceptionally beneficial to Malta’s external position, but have significantly worsened Estonia’s NIIP, and to a lesser degree, positions in...
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-border component of foreign direct investment (FDI). The extent of financial leverage through local debt is positively related to host …
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(FDI) between 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity … gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 11 percent of … is weaker than for FDI spillovers. The paper also gives a detailed account of why our study leads to results different …
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