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Scenario of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) Concept in Indian Infrastructure Projects
Maniar, Hiren - In: Journal of Infrastructure Development 5 (2013) 1, pp. 33-65
of adequate infrastructure, which can support the growth process. The deplorably low levels of public investment have … improving the rate of infrastructure investment, the expected growth rate of 9 per cent and above at best would remain modest …. The Planning Commission of India has estimated that investment in infrastructure sector defined broadly to include road …
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Structural adjustment programmes and regional development in Australia
Beer, Andrew - In: Local Economy 30 (2015) 1, pp. 21-40
Australia’s economy has experienced profound change over the last decade in response to the opportunities generated by the expansion of the mining industry, the strength of the Australian dollar and ongoing competition within global markets. The new economic environment has, however,...
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Breaking away from Mediocre Complacency to a Prosperous Future
Loser, Claudio; Sood, Anil - In: Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies 3 (2011) 1, pp. 5-58
Latin America has been one of the most prosperous regions among the group of emerging economies. However, particularly in recent decades, Latin America has not managed to keep up with the growth of other emerging economies. This article lays out some reasons to explain the region’s...
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How Bad are Central Asia’s Business Environments and What Can be Done about Them?
Tray, Dennis de - In: Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies 2 (2010) 3, pp. 301-346
Central Asian countries need private investment to promote growth and to meet economic diversification goals. This … article starts by looking at what we know about determinants of external and domestic investment, the key driver of private … sector growth. Country context matters greatly when judging the importance of business environments in determining investment …
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Looking East
Brautigam, Deborah - In: Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies 2 (2010) 2, pp. 173-188
Asian investment and economic engagement in Africa is a prominent feature of this decade. This newly prominent … partners. This article concentrates first on the dimensions of this engagement: trade and investment flows. It then focuses on …
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The Clash of Generations: Saving Ourselves, Our Kids, and Our Economy
Kotlikoff, Laurence J.; Burns, Scott - The MIT Press
, and to insist on better paths to investment return than those provided by Wall Street (mis)managers. Kotlikoff and Burns … economists and offer a new way forward; and their revolutionary investment strategy for individuals replaces the idea of …
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Option value in low-carbon technology policies
MEUNIER, Guy; Finon, Dominique - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2013
The political dilemma presented by the deployment of large-size low-carbon technologies (LCTs) is analysed using a simple dynamic model to investigate the relation between irreversible investments and learning-by-doing within a context of exogeneous uncertainty about the carbon price. It is...
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Tracking Global Demand for Advanced Economy Sovereign Debt
Arslanalp, Serkan; Tsuda, Takahiro - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Recent events have shown that sovereigns, just like banks, can be subject to runs, highlighting the importance of the investor base for their liabilities. This paper proposes a methodology for compiling internationally comparable estimates of investor holdings of sovereign debt. Based on this...
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Banking and Trading
Boot, Arnoud W.A.; Ratnovski, Lev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
We study the effects of a bank's engagement in trading. Traditional banking is relationship-based: not scalable, long-term oriented, with high implicit capital, and low risk (thanks to the law of large numbers). Trading is transactions-based: scalable, shortterm, capital constrained, and with...
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The Spillover Effects of a Downturn in China’s Real Estate Investment
Ahuja, Ashvin; Myrvoda, Alla - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Real estate investment accounts for a quarter of total fixed asset investment (FAI) in China. The real estate sectorâ … estate investment in China—though a low-probability event—would be sizable, with large spillovers to a number of Chinaâ … and the rest of the G20 economies, we find that a 1-percent decline in China’s real estate investment would shave about …
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