This paper presents a basic assessment of the financial performance of infrastructure service operators in developing countries. It relies on a new database of 120 companies put together to track the evolution of the cost of capital, the cost of equity and the return of equity for electricity,...

This note summarizes recent projections on the longer-term effects of the East Asia's financial crisis, and the significant effect already felt in developing countries. Five main points are examined, as follows: 1) though trade will drive the recovery, adjustment will be deep and protracted, in...

This paper aims to highlight the impact of the current economic and financial crisis on world trade business in developed and developing countries, specifically for the global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows; growth rates of gross domestic product (GDP), trade and employment growth; and...