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This edition argues that strengthening business climate in South America remains critical, finds remittances to Central America have picked up and FDI has remained resilient, and tourism in the Caribbean is experiencing a slow and variable recovery. The region's financial systems were generally resilient to the crisis (thanks to improved oversight and regulation over the past decade), although avoiding crises and high credit pro-cyclicality remain challenges. It identifies a broad consensus that regulation and supervision must move beyond individual financial institutions to address systemic risks, interconnectedness, and excessive pro-cyclicality.
Le Bénin a publié son rapport analytique qui passe en revue les résultats de sa première enquête nationale sur les capitaux privés étrangers et la perception des investisseurs. Accédez au rapport ici.
This Central Bank report presents data captured in a series of quarterly surveys, which recently replaced the annual foreign assets and liabilities surveys. It covers stocks and gross transactions for 2007-8 split into loans and credits from related companies (a component of FDI), supplier credits from unrelated entities, and loans from unrelated entities. Other breakdowns include maturity, sector of economic activity, and source country.
The Central Bank's latest report presents stocks and transactions data to Q1 2010, for FDI, portfolio, other investment, remittances and related income. FDI is presented by sector of economic activity and source country, and private sector debt by term for financial and non-financial sectors. The annex gives a BOP series for 2003 – Q1 2010.
This report focuses on the development impacts of improved access to information and communication technologies. Drawing on examples from countries such as The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, it identifies new opportunities especially for SMEs to develop their businesses and livelihoods, reduce information search and transactions costs, and benefit from improved market efficiency.
Quantitative indicators of the quality of governance in developing countries and emerging economies have greatly proliferated since the mid-1990s. The main users of these indicators are international investors, official development agencies, journalists and academics. The most widely used, and misused, governance indicators are composite perceptions-based indicators. This paper argues that even the most carefully constructed composite indicators have limitations their users seem widely to ignore. Greater transparency is required both in the production and in the use of governance indicators.
La publicación Global Investment Trends Monitor #4 de la UNCTAD señala que la IED se ha estancado en 2010 y que aparentemente no alcanza a financiar el déficit creado por el abandono de los paquetes de incentivos por parte del sector público. Las perspectivas de alcanzar una recuperación sostenida de la IED continúan siendo inciertas.
A joint World Bank, IMF, UNCTAD and DFI medium term debt strategy mission to Bangladesh was conducted from September 20th to the 30th. The mission focused on helping to build Bangladesh capacity to conduct a MTDS. The mission inter alia conducted a three day training program and concluded with a thoughtful presentation by the Treasury and Debt Management Wing (TDMW) on debt strategy and a presentation by the mission on policy issues.
DFID has committed to intensify its work to stimulate the private sector to become a much bigger engine of growth in poorer countries. Measures include: a new Private Sector Department; boosting private investment (with business experts seconded in as advisers); encouraging reduced barriers to growth (a level playing field for all investors, fairer and more open trade, easier market entry, and streamlined regulation); CDC reform (regaining its power to invest directly, lend and provide guarantees where development need is greatest with less reliance on fund managers; and push for a successful conclusion to the Doha trade negotiations. CDC is set to play a key role: DFID will set up an external consultation about how its capital should be targeted, and publish the results early next year.
Los Ministros hicieron un llamado para acelerar el alivio aún pendiente a los países HIPC, la cancelación automática de las deudas de cualquier país que se haya visto afectado por catástrofes naturales de grandes proporciones, así como la presentación en las próximas reuniones del G20 de propuestas que contemplen un proceso más integral, transparente e imparcial de alivio de la deuda. También destacaron la necesidad de adoptar acciones urgentes para movilizar un financiamiento más innovador, especialmente en lo relativo a los impuestos al sector financiero, así como de mejorar el nivel de representatividad de los países de bajos ingresos en el G20. Véase el texto completo del comunicado aquí.
GFSR October 2010 is now available. Chapter 1 analyses challenges to advanced countries as they deal with slower recovery, higher debt levels and rollovers, and a still-impaired financial sector. Chapter 2 examines the increased vulnerability of banks to funding in the wake of the simultaneous and protracted inability to roll over or obtain new short-term funding across markets and borders. Chapter 3 examines the financial stability implications of credit rating agencies in light of the recent escalation of sovereign credit risk, and ratings downgrades of structured credit instruments.
