Private investment in developing countries continued its upward trend in 1996, the most recent year for which data exist, on an unweighted average basis. Public investment rates continued a decline that began in the early 1980s. The largest increases in private investment between 1995 and 1996...

This fifth edition of Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries provides private and public investment data from 1970 through 1992. The Discussion Paper also includes aggregate data on net foreign direct investment and a brief discussion of the effects of recent privatization...

Private investment in developing countries continued its upward trend in 1996, the most recent year for which data exist, on an unweighted average basis. Public investment rates continued a decline that began in the early 1980s. The largest increases in private investment between 1995 and 1996...