In this paper we unpack the possibilities and constraints facing sovereign development funds. Our focus and logic is primarily conceptual and deductive rather than directly empirical and inductive. We consider how and in what ways sovereign wealth can be employed for the purpose of economic...

The World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS), from which the aggregates and country tables presented in this report are drawn, was established in 1951. The debt crisis of the 1980s brought increased attention to debt statistics and to the World debt tables, the predecessor to Global...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Abbreviations -- Overview and Policy Messages: Mobilizing Finance and Managing Vulnerability -- Capital flows to developing countries continued to recover, but at a slower pace -- The world economy is slowing -- Growing global...