We estimate public investment gaps in a sample of developing countries using a public investment demand function. We … then use GDP per capita projections, forecasts of structural transformation, and three SDG targets (poverty, infant … mortality and lower secondary school completion) to predict public investment needs in 2030 among IDB borrowing countries. Our …

We introduce a new suite of macroeconomic models that extend and complement the Debt, Investment, and Growth (DIG …'s properties by analyzing the growth, debt, and distributional consequences of big-push public investment programs with different … mixes of investment in human capital and infrastructure. We show that investment in human capital is much more effective …

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 …

billion investment. The project is expected to bring about flood of opportunities not only for the two main players but other … nations which are found to be interested in making investment. The benefits seem to be game changer and expected to raise …

Greece’s investment rate plunged following the Sovereign Debt Crisis (SDC) and remained one of the lowest in the world … in 2019. This paper explores recent investment dynamics and compares them against estimated benchmarks. Our results … suggest that Greece has been under-investing since the SDC, with private investment notably lagging behind. The estimated …