Complementarity between Multilateral Lending and Private Flows to Developing Countries : Some Empirical Results

Despite the surge in private capital flows in the 1990s, lending by the multilateral development banks continues to be a significant source of external finance for low-income and lower-middle-income countries. And for middle-income countries, which...

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Main Author: Ratha, Dilip
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
GDP
GNP
MDB
WTO
ADB
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1660281/complementarity-between-multilateral-lending-private-flows-developing-countries-some-empirical-results
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spelling okr-10986-193372021-04-23T14:03:42Z Complementarity between Multilateral Lending and Private Flows to Developing Countries : Some Empirical Results Ratha, Dilip FINANCIAL FLOWS MULTILATERAL AID PRIVATE FINANCE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL FLOWS PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS EXTERNAL FINANCE CREDIT RATIONING ADB BANK LENDING BANK LOANS BONDS BORROWING COUNTRIES CONCESSIONAL LENDING CREDIT RATIONING CYCLICAL BEHAVIOR DATA ANALYSIS DATA SET DEBT DEBT RELIEF DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC POLICY EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EXPORTS FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN ENTRY FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GNP GNP PER CAPITA GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE HOUSING INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL RESERVES LABOR MARKETS LENDING INSTITUTIONS LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMICS MARKET ECONOMIES MDB MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MORAL HAZARD MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS MULTIVARIATE REGRESSIONS OFFICIAL AID PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY REFORM POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION SIZE PORTFOLIO POSITIVE EFFECTS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS PRIVATE FLOWS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTORS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES RATING AGENCIES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS SCALE EFFECT SHORT TERM SHORT-TERM DEBT SOCIAL POLICY STRUCTURAL FACTORS STRUCTURAL REFORMS URUGUAY ROUND WEALTH WTO CREDIT RATIONING ADB Despite the surge in private capital flows in the 1990s, lending by the multilateral development banks continues to be a significant source of external finance for low-income and lower-middle-income countries. And for middle-income countries, which receive the lion's share of private flows, multilateral lending has played an important stabilizing role during times of credit rationing. Even though multilateral loans may have behaved countercyclically with respect to private flows in the short term, these loans also tended to complement private flows in the medium term by signaling-and often fostering-a better investment environment in the borrowing countries. 2014-08-14T21:07:19Z 2014-08-14T21:07:19Z 2001-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1660281/complementarity-between-multilateral-lending-private-flows-developing-countries-some-empirical-results http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19337 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2746 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic FINANCIAL FLOWS
MULTILATERAL AID
PRIVATE FINANCE
INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
CAPITAL FLOWS
PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS
EXTERNAL FINANCE
CREDIT RATIONING ADB
BANK LENDING
BANK LOANS
BONDS
BORROWING COUNTRIES
CONCESSIONAL LENDING
CREDIT RATIONING
CYCLICAL BEHAVIOR
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA SET
DEBT
DEBT RELIEF
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC POLICY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EXPORTS
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN ENTRY
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GNP
GNP PER CAPITA
GROWTH POTENTIAL
GROWTH RATE
HOUSING
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME LEVEL
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
INTEREST RATE
INTERNATIONAL RESERVES
LABOR MARKETS
LENDING INSTITUTIONS
LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MDB
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MORAL HAZARD
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
MULTIVARIATE REGRESSIONS
OFFICIAL AID
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLICY REFORM
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR COUNTRIES
POPULATION SIZE
PORTFOLIO
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS
PRIVATE FLOWS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTORS
PRIVATE SECTORS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
RATING AGENCIES
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
SCALE EFFECT
SHORT TERM
SHORT-TERM DEBT
SOCIAL POLICY
STRUCTURAL FACTORS
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
URUGUAY ROUND
WEALTH
WTO
CREDIT RATIONING
ADB
spellingShingle FINANCIAL FLOWS
MULTILATERAL AID
PRIVATE FINANCE
INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
CAPITAL FLOWS
PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS
EXTERNAL FINANCE
CREDIT RATIONING ADB
BANK LENDING
BANK LOANS
BONDS
BORROWING COUNTRIES
CONCESSIONAL LENDING
CREDIT RATIONING
CYCLICAL BEHAVIOR
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA SET
DEBT
DEBT RELIEF
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC POLICY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EXPORTS
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN ENTRY
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GNP
GNP PER CAPITA
GROWTH POTENTIAL
GROWTH RATE
HOUSING
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME LEVEL
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
INTEREST RATE
INTERNATIONAL RESERVES
LABOR MARKETS
LENDING INSTITUTIONS
LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MDB
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MORAL HAZARD
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
MULTIVARIATE REGRESSIONS
OFFICIAL AID
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLICY REFORM
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR COUNTRIES
POPULATION SIZE
PORTFOLIO
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS
PRIVATE FLOWS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTORS
PRIVATE SECTORS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
RATING AGENCIES
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
SCALE EFFECT
SHORT TERM
SHORT-TERM DEBT
SOCIAL POLICY
STRUCTURAL FACTORS
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
URUGUAY ROUND
WEALTH
WTO
CREDIT RATIONING
ADB
Ratha, Dilip
Complementarity between Multilateral Lending and Private Flows to Developing Countries : Some Empirical Results
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2746
description Despite the surge in private capital flows in the 1990s, lending by the multilateral development banks continues to be a significant source of external finance for low-income and lower-middle-income countries. And for middle-income countries, which receive the lion's share of private flows, multilateral lending has played an important stabilizing role during times of credit rationing. Even though multilateral loans may have behaved countercyclically with respect to private flows in the short term, these loans also tended to complement private flows in the medium term by signaling-and often fostering-a better investment environment in the borrowing countries.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Ratha, Dilip
author_facet Ratha, Dilip
author_sort Ratha, Dilip
title Complementarity between Multilateral Lending and Private Flows to Developing Countries : Some Empirical Results
title_short Complementarity between Multilateral Lending and Private Flows to Developing Countries : Some Empirical Results
title_full Complementarity between Multilateral Lending and Private Flows to Developing Countries : Some Empirical Results
title_fullStr Complementarity between Multilateral Lending and Private Flows to Developing Countries : Some Empirical Results
title_full_unstemmed Complementarity between Multilateral Lending and Private Flows to Developing Countries : Some Empirical Results
title_sort complementarity between multilateral lending and private flows to developing countries : some empirical results
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1660281/complementarity-between-multilateral-lending-private-flows-developing-countries-some-empirical-results
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