" ) corruption and the rent-seeking incentives of lower level officials. It argues that a significant obstacle to investment … less likely is investment …

This paper investigates empirically the linkages between corporate debt overhang and investment activity at the firm … investment may be discouraged by high levels of debt that put at risk future profits, as well as firm dimensions that may sharpen … the debt-investment link. Using balance sheet data from a broad set of emerging market and developing economy firms, the …

pronounced in countries with better corporate governance standards and education. Buyout investment responds to these factors … more so than foreign direct investment and gross domestic fixed investment …

Evidence shows that foreign direct investment can provide many benefits to host countries, including productivity … better integration with global value chains. Nonetheless, these benefits are not automatic. Investment policies are required … to maximize the potential gains of foreign direct investment. One challenge is that there are different kinds of foreign …

This paper considers institutional and structural factors associated with investment activity in a panel of up to 129 … developed and developing countries. It introduces these factors to a standard neoclassical investment function for open …, institutional quality tends to survive as the causal determinant of investment …

compatible" -- future. However, private investment will only flow at the scale and pace necessary if it is supported by clear …, credible, and long-term policy frameworks that shift the risk-reward balance in favor of less carbon-intensive investment. The … lower investment risk. Barriers to low carbon investments often include unclear and inconsistent energy policies, monopoly …

Investment growth in many emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) has slowed sharply since 2010. Investment … investment growth in six EMDE regions, documents remaining investment needs, especially for infrastructure, and presents a set of … region-specific policy responses to address these needs. It reports three main findings. First, investment growth has been …