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Going Global : Expanding Offshore Wind to Emerging Markets

Energy Sector Management Assistance Program - 2019

For many years, offshore wind was the expensive cousin of onshore wind with generation costs in the range of USD 150 to USD 200 per megawatt hour (MWh). This changed dramatically between 2016 and 2017 when a series of competitive tenders in Europe witnessed strike prices fall below USD 100/MWh,...

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Financial Globalization : A Glass Half Empty?

Abraham, Facundo - 2017

Since the 1970s, the world has embarked on a new financial globalization era. Cross-country capital flows have … significantly increased in developed and developing countries. However, the characteristics of financial globalization differ from … financial globalization (such as additional funding, broad diversification, and deeper financial systems), the positive effects …

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A decade after the 2009 Global Recession : macroeconomic developments

Koh, Wee Chian; Yu, Shu - 2020

Emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) weathered the 2009 global recession relatively well. However, the impact of the global recession varied across economies. EMDEs with stronger pre-crisis fundamentals - such as large foreign exchange reserves, sound fiscal positions, and low...

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The role of major emerging markets in global commodity demand

Baffes, John; Kabundi, Alain; Nagle, Peter; Ohnsorge, … - 2018

Rapid growth among the major emerging markets over the past 20 years has boosted global demand for commodities. The seven largest emerging markets accounted for almost all the increase in global consumption of metals, and two-thirds of the increase in energy consumption over this period. As...

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Global inflation synchronization

Ha, Jongrim; Kose, M. Ayhan; Ohnsorge, Franziska - 2019

The paper studies the extent of global inflation synchronization using a dynamic factor model in a large set of countries over a half century. The authors' methodology allows them to account for differences across groups of countries (advanced economies and emerging market and developing...

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Strategic Community Investment : A Good Practice Handbook for Companies Doing Business in Emerging Markets

International Finance Corporation - 2010

This handbook updates and expands upon the learning in IFC's 2000 community development resource guide entitled, Investing in People: Sustaining Communities through Improved Business Practice. It was produced in response to demand from companies for updated how-to guidance and current good...

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Atlas of sustainable development goals 2017 : from World Development Indicators

Weltbank - 2017

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the data -- Introduction -- The world by income, FY2017 -- The world by region -- Sustainable development goals -- 1. No poverty -- 2. Zero hunger -- 3. Good health and well-being -- 4. Quality education -- 5. Gender equality -- 6. Clean water and sanitation...

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Understanding inflation in emerging and developing economies

Ha, Jongrim; Kose, M. Ayhan; Ohnsorge, Franziska - 2019

Emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) have experienced an extraordinary decline in inflation since the early 1970s. After peaking in 1974 at 17.3 percent, inflation in these economies declined to 3.5 percent in 2017. Despite a checkered history of managing inflation among many EMDEs,...

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Growth of global corporate debt : main facts and policy challenges

Abraham, Facundo; Cortina, Juan J.; Schmukler, Sergio L. - 2020

This paper surveys the literature to document the main stylized facts, risks, and policy challenges related to the expansion of global nonfinancial corporate debt after the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Nonfinancial corporate debt steadily increased after the crisis, especially in emerging...

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Which Emerging Markets and Developing Economies Face Corporate Balance Sheet Vulnerabilities? : A Novel Monitoring Framework

Feyen, Erik - 2017

This paper introduces a novel corporate financial vulnerability index that tracks financial conditions of the non-financial corporate sector. Using the balance sheet information of 14,207 listed non-financial firms in 69 emerging markets and developing economies, the index shows that, at the...

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