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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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The corporate debt market: A firm-level panel study for India

Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb; Kar, Saibal - 2006

Traditionally, firms in India have shown a low preference towards debt financing, despite its advantages. Using panel data from 450 firms during 1992-93 and 2003-04, we attempt to identify factors which could explain the pattern of financing of manufacturing firms in India and the key...

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On the causal links between FDI and growth in developing countries

Hansen, Henrik; Rand, John - 2005

We analyse the Granger causal relationships between foreign direct investment (FDI) and GDP in a sample of 31 developing countries covering 31 years. Using estimators for heterogeneous panel data we find bi-directional causality between the FDI-to-GDP ratio and the level of GDP. FDI has a...

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Terms of trade shocks and the current account in small island states

Santos-Paulino, Amelia U. - 2007

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between terms of trade shocks and the current account in selected small islands developing states. The findings show that the terms of trade explain a significant proportion of the variation in the current account balances. Also, the current...

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The short-run macroeconomic impact of foreign aid to small states: An agnostic timeseries analysis

Hansen, Henrik; Headey, Derek - 2007

This study econometrically evaluates the short-run impact of aid in small developing countries (SDCs) by applying a VAR model to study aid's impact on 'absorption' (increasing import demand) and 'spending' (increased domestic demand) across countries. Whilst our approach allows parameters to...

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Longevity in Russia's regions: Do poverty and low public health spending kill?

Ivaschenko, Oleksiy - 2004

This paper examines the impact of changes in poverty and public health spending on inter-temporal variations in longevity using a unique regional-level dataset that covers 77 regions of Russia over the period 1994-2000. The dynamic panel data model is used as a tool for the empirical analysis....

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