Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries : Statistics for 1970-2000 and the Impact on Private Investment of Corruption and the Quality of Public Investment

The report is part of the continued investigation on the public-private investment relationship, and its focus for this year is on the quality of public investment, its interaction with corruption, and the resulting impact on private investment. Th...

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Main Authors: Everhart, Stephen S., Sumlinski, Mariusz A.
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank and the International Finance Corporation 2013
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spelling okr-10986-139892021-04-23T14:03:10Z Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries : Statistics for 1970-2000 and the Impact on Private Investment of Corruption and the Quality of Public Investment Everhart, Stephen S. Sumlinski, Mariusz A. ACTS CD COPYRIGHT CORRUPTION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES CROWDING OUT CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS LITERATURE EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL DEBT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL CRISIS GDP INCOME INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INVESTMENT GROWTH LABOR REGULATIONS LONG TERM MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MEMBER COUNTRIES PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC REVENUES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REAL EXCHANGE REAL EXCHANGE RATE REGIONAL TRENDS RULE OF LAW SAVINGS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TIME SERIES PRIVATE INVESTMENTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CORRUPTION PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS QUALITY STANDARDS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT STATISTICAL DATA ECONOMIC GROWTH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The report is part of the continued investigation on the public-private investment relationship, and its focus for this year is on the quality of public investment, its interaction with corruption, and the resulting impact on private investment. The first chapter provides statistics on trends in private, and public fixed investment in sixty three developing countries, with a substantially expanded sample coverage of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region, as well as some smaller economies of the Latin America and Caribbean Region. On average, the ratio of private investment to GDP, declined in 1999 compared to 1998, while public investment increased in simple average terms, and remained at 1998 levels in weighted average terms. The 1999 decline brings investment ratios back to their 1995 level, and, preliminary (incomplete) estimates for 2000, suggest that private investment may be poised for a return to growth. The second chapter examines whether higher levels of public investment are associated with higher, or lower levels of private investment, the impact of corruption on this relationship, and the long-run implications for growth, and sustainable development. The paper is consistent with the hypothesis that corruption lowers the quality of public investment, and that this reduced quality is associated with lower private investment. 2013-06-17T21:03:11Z 2013-06-17T21:03:11Z 2001-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/1620972/trends-private-investment-developing-countries-statistics-1970-2000-impact-private-investment-corruption-quality-public-investment 0-8213-5010-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13989 English en_US IFC Discussion Paper;No. 44 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank and the International Finance Corporation Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic ACTS
CD
COPYRIGHT
CORRUPTION
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES
CROWDING OUT
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNAL DEBT
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FINANCIAL CRISIS
GDP
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INVESTMENT GROWTH
LABOR REGULATIONS
LONG TERM
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
MEMBER COUNTRIES
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC REVENUES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
REAL EXCHANGE
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REGIONAL TRENDS
RULE OF LAW
SAVINGS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TIME SERIES PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
CORRUPTION
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
QUALITY STANDARDS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
STATISTICAL DATA
ECONOMIC GROWTH
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle ACTS
CD
COPYRIGHT
CORRUPTION
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES
CROWDING OUT
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNAL DEBT
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FINANCIAL CRISIS
GDP
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INVESTMENT GROWTH
LABOR REGULATIONS
LONG TERM
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
MEMBER COUNTRIES
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC REVENUES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
REAL EXCHANGE
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REGIONAL TRENDS
RULE OF LAW
SAVINGS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TIME SERIES PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
CORRUPTION
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
QUALITY STANDARDS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
STATISTICAL DATA
ECONOMIC GROWTH
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Everhart, Stephen S.
Sumlinski, Mariusz A.
Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries : Statistics for 1970-2000 and the Impact on Private Investment of Corruption and the Quality of Public Investment
relation IFC Discussion Paper;No. 44
description The report is part of the continued investigation on the public-private investment relationship, and its focus for this year is on the quality of public investment, its interaction with corruption, and the resulting impact on private investment. The first chapter provides statistics on trends in private, and public fixed investment in sixty three developing countries, with a substantially expanded sample coverage of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region, as well as some smaller economies of the Latin America and Caribbean Region. On average, the ratio of private investment to GDP, declined in 1999 compared to 1998, while public investment increased in simple average terms, and remained at 1998 levels in weighted average terms. The 1999 decline brings investment ratios back to their 1995 level, and, preliminary (incomplete) estimates for 2000, suggest that private investment may be poised for a return to growth. The second chapter examines whether higher levels of public investment are associated with higher, or lower levels of private investment, the impact of corruption on this relationship, and the long-run implications for growth, and sustainable development. The paper is consistent with the hypothesis that corruption lowers the quality of public investment, and that this reduced quality is associated with lower private investment.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Everhart, Stephen S.
Sumlinski, Mariusz A.
author_facet Everhart, Stephen S.
Sumlinski, Mariusz A.
author_sort Everhart, Stephen S.
title Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries : Statistics for 1970-2000 and the Impact on Private Investment of Corruption and the Quality of Public Investment
title_short Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries : Statistics for 1970-2000 and the Impact on Private Investment of Corruption and the Quality of Public Investment
title_full Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries : Statistics for 1970-2000 and the Impact on Private Investment of Corruption and the Quality of Public Investment
title_fullStr Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries : Statistics for 1970-2000 and the Impact on Private Investment of Corruption and the Quality of Public Investment
title_full_unstemmed Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries : Statistics for 1970-2000 and the Impact on Private Investment of Corruption and the Quality of Public Investment
title_sort trends in private investment in developing countries : statistics for 1970-2000 and the impact on private investment of corruption and the quality of public investment
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank and the International Finance Corporation
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/1620972/trends-private-investment-developing-countries-statistics-1970-2000-impact-private-investment-corruption-quality-public-investment
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