Capital Markets Development : A Primer for Policymakers

The COVID-19 pandemic adds further challenges to the development of capital markets. For many emerging markets and developing economies challenges have intensified because of (i) the deterioration in the macroeconomic environment, including the con...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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spelling okr-10986-360582021-08-06T05:10:49Z Capital Markets Development : A Primer for Policymakers World Bank Group CAPITAL MARKETS EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES GOVERNMENT ROLE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT DEVELOPING ECONOMIES MARKET SIZE REGIONAL INTEGRATION FOREIGN INVESTMENT The COVID-19 pandemic adds further challenges to the development of capital markets. For many emerging markets and developing economies challenges have intensified because of (i) the deterioration in the macroeconomic environment, including the contraction of the economies, and larger fiscal deficits, (ii) reduced investor appetite due to uncertainty, and (iii) the nature and scale of the interventions used by governments to support the economy which, while necessary, might have limited the viability of different capital markets solutions, at least in the short to medium term. That said, this does not alter the fundamental premise that it is important to develop alternative finance mechanisms for key strategic sectors. Rather, if anything, the need for capital markets solutions is more critical than ever given the much more limited space that governments, and potentially also banks, will have going forward to support new financing. This Primer will be followed by a series of practitioner papers. As part of its knowledge management agenda, the WBG is working towards deepening the understanding of the use of capital markets to finance strategic sectors, from corporate to infrastructure, housing, SME, and climate change financing. Along these lines, reports will be prepared, as appropriate, to help practitioners identify the key challenges that could prevent the mobilization of capital markets financing to these strategic sectors as well as key actions to address them. 2021-08-05T13:57:45Z 2021-08-05T13:57:45Z 2020 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/228291627375113518/Capital-Markets-Development-A-Primer-for-Policymakers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36058 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Financial Sector Study
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topic CAPITAL MARKETS
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
GOVERNMENT ROLE
PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
MARKET SIZE
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
spellingShingle CAPITAL MARKETS
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
GOVERNMENT ROLE
PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
MARKET SIZE
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
World Bank Group
Capital Markets Development : A Primer for Policymakers
description The COVID-19 pandemic adds further challenges to the development of capital markets. For many emerging markets and developing economies challenges have intensified because of (i) the deterioration in the macroeconomic environment, including the contraction of the economies, and larger fiscal deficits, (ii) reduced investor appetite due to uncertainty, and (iii) the nature and scale of the interventions used by governments to support the economy which, while necessary, might have limited the viability of different capital markets solutions, at least in the short to medium term. That said, this does not alter the fundamental premise that it is important to develop alternative finance mechanisms for key strategic sectors. Rather, if anything, the need for capital markets solutions is more critical than ever given the much more limited space that governments, and potentially also banks, will have going forward to support new financing. This Primer will be followed by a series of practitioner papers. As part of its knowledge management agenda, the WBG is working towards deepening the understanding of the use of capital markets to finance strategic sectors, from corporate to infrastructure, housing, SME, and climate change financing. Along these lines, reports will be prepared, as appropriate, to help practitioners identify the key challenges that could prevent the mobilization of capital markets financing to these strategic sectors as well as key actions to address them.
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title Capital Markets Development : A Primer for Policymakers
title_short Capital Markets Development : A Primer for Policymakers
title_full Capital Markets Development : A Primer for Policymakers
title_fullStr Capital Markets Development : A Primer for Policymakers
title_full_unstemmed Capital Markets Development : A Primer for Policymakers
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
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