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Sovereign Wealth Funds as Investors in Africa: Opportunities and Barriers
Turkisch, Edouard - Centre de développement, Organisation de Coopération … - 2011
This paper studies the opportunities and barriers for Sovereign Wealth Funds’ (SWFs) investments in Africa. Based on … in Africa over the next decade to meet the Millennium Development Goals over the 2010-20 decade, and that African … channelling SWFs into Africa.<BR>Dans ce document, l’auteur étudie les opportunités et barrières pour les investissements des …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318004
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Are Government Owned Investment Funds Created Equal? Evidence From Sovereign Wealth Fund Real Estate Acquisitions
Liu, Peng - 2020
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are an institutional investor class about which relatively little is known. Even though they have trillions of dollars in assets under management, their (typically) highly secretive nature renders them difficult to analyze in an academic context. We utilize...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843591
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An Overview of Sovereign Wealth Funds’ (SWF) Investments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
Obroniecki, Marcin - 2017
An overview of the investments made by Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), defined as the region encompassing the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia. The analysis considers all investments made by the funds as of the end of July...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960758
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The Political Significance of the Gulf Cooperation Countries’ Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Investments in Central and Eastern Europe
Obroniecki, Marcin - 2017
An inquiry into the potential political risks associated with the investment activity of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. It starts with an analysis of the importance of the GCC SWFs in terms of their global investments. It then analyzes the main directions of these investments,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960761
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The Recent Investment Activity of Global Sovereign Wealth Funds
Wiśniewski, Piotr - 2017
This chapter encapsulates the most recent findings on sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investment activity globally. The key research proposals addressed herein relate to the position of global SWFs among conventional and alternative asset managers, SWF allocation strategies, their recent investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962642
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Central Banking in Africa : Prospects in a Changing World
Caruana, Jaime - 2013
Governors and senior officials representing some two dozen central banks from Africa and other regions of the world met … at the BIS in May 2011 to discuss the monetary policy and financial stability issues facing Africa after the global … where the crisis could have had potentially the largest impact on central banking in Africa: (i) financial access; (ii …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092071
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Linkages between Financial Development, Financial Instability, Financial Liberalisation and Economic Growth in Africa
Batuo, Micheal - 2018
In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, the implications of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increased scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012933539
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Linkages between financial development, financial instability, financial liberalisation and economic growth in Africa
Batuo, Enowbi; Mlambo, Kupukile; Asongu, Simplice - 2017
In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, the implications of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increased scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698477
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Unofficial sovereign wealth funds and duration in power in Africa
Nawo, Larissa; Avom, Désiré; McNabb, Kyle; Nembot, Luc - 2019
This paper argues that in weak states, leaders whose hold on power is secured by the public fortune have turned to the use of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), especially unofficial SWFs, to cement their hold on power. Unofficial SWFs are private funds created from resource rents with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012098407
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Public savings in Africa : do sovereign wealth funds serve development?
Addison, Tony; Lebdioui, Amir - 2022
Do sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) contribute to Africa's development? This paper assesses the objectives of SWFs (fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013469624