Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2003 : Investing to Unlock Global Opportunities

Strong cyclical dynamics, together with an easing of macroeconomic policies in the United States and elsewhere, have boosted large parts of the global economy, into the initial phase of a recovery in 2002. Nonetheless, the global recovery is fragil...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	Economic aspects International trade Economic regulation Globalization Global market Cyclical swings Macroeconomic policy Economic recovery Investments Investment barriers Economic growth Competition (economic) Developing countries Competitive equilibrium Trade barriers Public investments International agreements Investment policy Competition policy Reciprocity Private capital flows Restrictive business practices agricultural subsidies agriculture antitrust laws Barriers to entry bilateral investment bilateral investment treaties bonds border protection capital flows Capital inflows capital markets Cartel cartels collaboration competition law competition policies competition policy competitive forces consumers Cross-border trade customs debt deflation demographics developed countries Development Economics development strategy dividends domestic fixed investment domestic investment domestic law domestic market durable goods Economic Analysis economic growth economic impact economic performance Economists export cartels export growth export sectors Exports externalities financial markets Financial Sector financial system foreign capital foreign companies foreign direct investment foreign investment foreign investors Free Trade Free Trade Agreement GDP Global competition global economy Global effects Global production gross domestic product growth rates human capital Import competition imports income income countries industrial economies Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Rights interest rates International Agreements international community International Competition International cooperation international investment international markets International Trade Investment climate investment climates Investment Disputes investment flows Investment growth investment incentives Investment Measures investment policies investment policy investment spending investment treaties investor protections learning legal status literacy Low-income countries macroeconomic policies market access market countries market share mergers monopolies Multilateral Agreement multinational companies national policies natural resources Non-oil commodities oil Oil prices phones price effects private investment Private sector producers production networks Productivity productivity growth Productivity increases Profitability property rights public sector quotas reducing barriers reform programs regional trade restrictions savings structural change structural shifts subsidiary rights sustainable development Tariff rates Technological progress telephone services trade trade barriers trade bloc Trade Law trade negotiations trade rebounds Trade restrictions tradeoffs trading system transparency transport costs trough unilateral reforms world economy world exports World trade World Trade Organization WTO
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14781