Enticing Investors : To Make a Serious Dent in Poverty, Africa Must Attract More Foreign Capital

The nearly 750 million people who live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are among the world's poorest. To foster the economic growth required to create jobs, raise living standards, and hasten development, SSA nations need to attract more foreign c...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BALANCE SHEETS BIDDERS BONDS BORROWING COSTS BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANK BILLS COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONTRIBUTIONS CORRUPTION CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS DEBT DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEBT RELIEF DEBT SECURITIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DOMESTIC DEBT DOMESTIC DEBT MARKETS DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES DOMESTIC INVESTMENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EMERGING MARKETS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPLOITATION EXPORT SECTOR EXPOSURE EXTERNAL COMPETITIVENESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN PORTFOLIO FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS FUTURE PROSPECTS GOVERNMENT BORROWING GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT PAPER GOVERNMENT SECURITIES GROWTH RATES HARMONIZATION INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INFLATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE SPREADS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT INCENTIVES KEY CHALLENGE LABOR FORCE LEGAL PROTECTIONS LIBERALIZATION LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CURRENCY LOW INTEREST RATE LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS MARKET EFFICIENCY MATURITY MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIOS POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTION OF INVESTORS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REPAYMENT REPAYMENT SCHEDULES REPUTATION RISK PREMIUMS SALES SAVINGS SECONDARY MARKET SECONDARY MARKET TRADING SENIOR SHORT MATURITIES SKILLED WORKERS SOVEREIGN RISK SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAX TREATIES
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spelling	okr-10986-95692021-04-23T14:02:46Z Enticing Investors : To Make a Serious Dent in Poverty, Africa Must Attract More Foreign Capital World Bank BALANCE SHEETS BIDDERS BONDS BORROWING COSTS BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANK BILLS COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONTRIBUTIONS CORRUPTION CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS DEBT DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEBT RELIEF DEBT SECURITIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DOMESTIC DEBT DOMESTIC DEBT MARKETS DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES DOMESTIC INVESTMENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EMERGING MARKETS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPLOITATION EXPORT SECTOR EXPOSURE EXTERNAL COMPETITIVENESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN PORTFOLIO FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS FUTURE PROSPECTS GOVERNMENT BORROWING GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT PAPER GOVERNMENT SECURITIES GROWTH RATES HARMONIZATION INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INFLATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE SPREADS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT INCENTIVES KEY CHALLENGE LABOR FORCE LEGAL PROTECTIONS LIBERALIZATION LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CURRENCY LOW INTEREST RATE LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS MARKET EFFICIENCY MATURITY MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIOS POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTION OF INVESTORS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REPAYMENT REPAYMENT SCHEDULES REPUTATION RISK PREMIUMS SALES SAVINGS SECONDARY MARKET SECONDARY MARKET TRADING SENIOR SHORT MATURITIES SKILLED WORKERS SOVEREIGN RISK SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAX TREATIES The nearly 750 million people who live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are among the world's poorest. To foster the economic growth required to create jobs, raise living standards, and hasten development, SSA nations need to attract more foreign capital, which, by enhancing imported technology and the transfer of know-how, has proved instrumental in raising productivity in many countries. 2012-08-13T08:59:08Z 2012-08-13T08:59:08Z 2007-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/8285627/enticing-investors-make-serious-dent-poverty-africa-must-attract-more-foreign-capital http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9569 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 275 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	BALANCE SHEETS BIDDERS BONDS BORROWING COSTS BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANK BILLS COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONTRIBUTIONS CORRUPTION CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS DEBT DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEBT RELIEF DEBT SECURITIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DOMESTIC DEBT DOMESTIC DEBT MARKETS DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES DOMESTIC INVESTMENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EMERGING MARKETS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPLOITATION EXPORT SECTOR EXPOSURE EXTERNAL COMPETITIVENESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN PORTFOLIO FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS FUTURE PROSPECTS GOVERNMENT BORROWING GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT PAPER GOVERNMENT SECURITIES GROWTH RATES HARMONIZATION INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INFLATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE SPREADS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT INCENTIVES KEY CHALLENGE LABOR FORCE LEGAL PROTECTIONS LIBERALIZATION LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CURRENCY LOW INTEREST RATE LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS MARKET EFFICIENCY MATURITY MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIOS POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTION OF INVESTORS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REPAYMENT REPAYMENT SCHEDULES REPUTATION RISK PREMIUMS SALES SAVINGS SECONDARY MARKET SECONDARY MARKET TRADING SENIOR SHORT MATURITIES SKILLED WORKERS SOVEREIGN RISK SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAX TREATIES
spellingShingle	BALANCE SHEETS BIDDERS BONDS BORROWING COSTS BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANK BILLS COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONTRIBUTIONS CORRUPTION CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS DEBT DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEBT RELIEF DEBT SECURITIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DOMESTIC DEBT DOMESTIC DEBT MARKETS DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES DOMESTIC INVESTMENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EMERGING MARKETS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPLOITATION EXPORT SECTOR EXPOSURE EXTERNAL COMPETITIVENESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN PORTFOLIO FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS FUTURE PROSPECTS GOVERNMENT BORROWING GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT PAPER GOVERNMENT SECURITIES GROWTH RATES HARMONIZATION INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INFLATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE SPREADS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT INCENTIVES KEY CHALLENGE LABOR FORCE LEGAL PROTECTIONS LIBERALIZATION LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CURRENCY LOW INTEREST RATE LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS MARKET EFFICIENCY MATURITY MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIOS POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTION OF INVESTORS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REPAYMENT REPAYMENT SCHEDULES REPUTATION RISK PREMIUMS SALES SAVINGS SECONDARY MARKET SECONDARY MARKET TRADING SENIOR SHORT MATURITIES SKILLED WORKERS SOVEREIGN RISK SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAX TREATIES World Bank Enticing Investors : To Make a Serious Dent in Poverty, Africa Must Attract More Foreign Capital
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relation	Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 275
description	The nearly 750 million people who live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are among the world's poorest. To foster the economic growth required to create jobs, raise living standards, and hasten development, SSA nations need to attract more foreign capital, which, by enhancing imported technology and the transfer of know-how, has proved instrumental in raising productivity in many countries.
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title	Enticing Investors : To Make a Serious Dent in Poverty, Africa Must Attract More Foreign Capital
title_short	Enticing Investors : To Make a Serious Dent in Poverty, Africa Must Attract More Foreign Capital
title_full	Enticing Investors : To Make a Serious Dent in Poverty, Africa Must Attract More Foreign Capital
title_fullStr	Enticing Investors : To Make a Serious Dent in Poverty, Africa Must Attract More Foreign Capital
title_full_unstemmed	Enticing Investors : To Make a Serious Dent in Poverty, Africa Must Attract More Foreign Capital
title_sort	enticing investors : to make a serious dent in poverty, africa must attract more foreign capital
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/8285627/enticing-investors-make-serious-dent-poverty-africa-must-attract-more-foreign-capital http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9569
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