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Political regime, private investment, and foreign direct investment in developing countries

Udomkerdmongkol, Manop; Morrissey, Oliver - 2008

This paper uses annual aggregate data for 36 low or middle income countries covering the period 1995-2001 to investigate the effect of FDI on private investment. It also explores if the relationship between FDI and private investment is influenced by the nature of the political regime, using...

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Source of finance, growth and firm size: Evidence from China

Du, Jun; Girma, Sourafel - 2009

financing source matters for firm growth is greater for small firms than big firms. Self-raised finance appears to be most … size, finance and growth also depends on ownership. In addition, there exist strong complementarities between formal and … informal finance, as well as between indigenous and foreign finance. …

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Linkages, access to finance and the performance of small-scale enterprises in Kenya

Atieno, Rosemary - 2009

Micro- and small-scale enterprises (MSEs) have become important players in the Kenyan economy, but at the same time they continue to face constraints that limit their development. Lack of access to financial services is one of the main constraints, and a number of factors have been identified to...

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Foreign direct investment in small island developing states

Read, Robert - 2007

The role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in small island developing states (SIDS) is an issue that has been neglected until relatively recently. The reasons for this lack of interest are unsurprising, given both the low absolute volume of capital flows involved and the general neglect of...

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Remittances and financial inclusion in development

Toxopeus, Helen S.; Lensink, Robert - 2007

In this paper we focus on the relationship between remittance inflows and financial inclusion in developing countries. We present single equation estimates on remittances and financial inclusion, and system estimates in which economic growth is explained by e.g., financial inclusion, and...

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