Private Finance : Are Private Loans and Charitable Giving Replacing Aid?

Private financial flows to developing countries, such as debt,equity, remittances, and private charitable giving, have increaseddramatically over the past 20 years. One commentator has eventrumpeted the privatization of foreign aid. S...

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Main Authors: Harford, Tim, Hadjimichael, Bita, Klein, Michael
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/6040194/private-finance-private-loans-charitable-giving-replacing-aid
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spelling okr-10986-112242021-04-23T14:02:54Z Private Finance : Are Private Loans and Charitable Giving Replacing Aid? Harford, Tim Hadjimichael, Bita Klein, Michael BANK LOANS BOND MARKETS BONDS BORROWING COMMERCIAL BANK LOANS COMMERCIAL BANKS DEBT DEBT MANAGEMENT DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE EXPROPRIATION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT INCOME INFLATION INFLATION RATES INTEREST RATES LAWS MATURITIES NATIONAL INCOME PORTFOLIO PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC POLICY UNDERESTIMATES Private financial flows to developing countries, such as debt,equity, remittances, and private charitable giving, have increaseddramatically over the past 20 years. One commentator has eventrumpeted the privatization of foreign aid. Since privatecharitable giving remains small and developing country governmentsare borrowing more, not less, from official sources, this claim ismisleading. But unprecedented sums are indeed flowing to theprivate sector in developing countries. 2012-08-13T14:29:35Z 2012-08-13T14:29:35Z 2005-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/6040194/private-finance-private-loans-charitable-giving-replacing-aid Viewpoint.-Note no. 290 (April 2005) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11224 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
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topic BANK LOANS
BOND MARKETS
BONDS
BORROWING
COMMERCIAL BANK LOANS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
DEBT
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
EXPROPRIATION
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
INCOME
INFLATION
INFLATION RATES
INTEREST RATES
LAWS
MATURITIES
NATIONAL INCOME
PORTFOLIO
PRIVATE BANKS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PUBLIC POLICY
UNDERESTIMATES
spellingShingle BANK LOANS
BOND MARKETS
BONDS
BORROWING
COMMERCIAL BANK LOANS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
DEBT
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
EXPROPRIATION
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
INCOME
INFLATION
INFLATION RATES
INTEREST RATES
LAWS
MATURITIES
NATIONAL INCOME
PORTFOLIO
PRIVATE BANKS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PUBLIC POLICY
UNDERESTIMATES
Harford, Tim
Hadjimichael, Bita
Klein, Michael
Private Finance : Are Private Loans and Charitable Giving Replacing Aid?
relation Viewpoint
description Private financial flows to developing countries, such as debt,equity, remittances, and private charitable giving, have increaseddramatically over the past 20 years. One commentator has eventrumpeted the privatization of foreign aid. Since privatecharitable giving remains small and developing country governmentsare borrowing more, not less, from official sources, this claim ismisleading. But unprecedented sums are indeed flowing to theprivate sector in developing countries.
format Publications & Research
author Harford, Tim
Hadjimichael, Bita
Klein, Michael
author_facet Harford, Tim
Hadjimichael, Bita
Klein, Michael
author_sort Harford, Tim
title Private Finance : Are Private Loans and Charitable Giving Replacing Aid?
title_short Private Finance : Are Private Loans and Charitable Giving Replacing Aid?
title_full Private Finance : Are Private Loans and Charitable Giving Replacing Aid?
title_fullStr Private Finance : Are Private Loans and Charitable Giving Replacing Aid?
title_full_unstemmed Private Finance : Are Private Loans and Charitable Giving Replacing Aid?
title_sort private finance : are private loans and charitable giving replacing aid?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/6040194/private-finance-private-loans-charitable-giving-replacing-aid
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