We estimate public investment gaps in a sample of developing countries using a public investment demand function. We … mortality and lower secondary school completion) to predict public investment needs in 2030 among IDB borrowing countries. Our … estimates suggest that in 2014 the total public investment gap of IDB borrowers was close to $170 billion (3.1 percent of the …

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has surged in Latin America (LA) since the mid 1990s. European and North American FDI …

rate, risk factors like return on investment or institutional factors like good governance are instrumental in attracting … implications. The host country governments may take measures like investment in education, infrastructure and improving governance …

In this paper we investigate the impact of regional trade agreements (RTAs) and bilateral investment treaties (BITs) on … intra-regional foreign direct investment (FDI) across Latin American countries from 1995 to 2012. We use an augmented … debate on the effectiveness of BITs versus RTAs as an adequate mechanism to attract foreign investment …

investment from China to Latin America affect opinions on China within 18 Latin American countries over the 2002-2013 period. We … investment proxied by China's market penetration of developing countries outside Latin America. In contrast to the widespread …

preferential access to available output, and extending control over the world's extractive industries. But Chinese investment need … countries in Latin America, Africa, and elsewhere that intend to use Chinese investment to develop their extractive sectors … difference; and third, that foreign investment is a catalyst for change …

Economic experts indicate that the investment prospects in Latin America and the Caribbean are not positive. They … also have legal significance, as they offer guidelines for predicting in which economic sub-sectors investment claims may …. Its main objective is, however, the study of current legislative policies on investment in Latin American countries, and …

In recent years, the negotiation and conclusion of international investment agreements (IIAs) in Latin America has gone … hand-in-hand with a rethinking of investment standards and the elaboration of new IIA models. This is evident, among others …, in Brazil’s cooperation and facilitation investment agreements (CFIAs), the continuing negotiations on the creation of a …