Push and pull : emerging risks in frontier economy access to international capital markets (English)

Over the past decade, a large number of low- and lower-middle income ‘frontier economies’ have begun to access international private capital markets to meet fiscal financing needs. In this paper we seek to identify drivers of this trend, identify associated risks, and present policy implications for frontier-market policy-makers. Through simple analysis of the characteristics of recent frontier market issuers, we show that smaller, poorer, and less...

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Haque,Tobias Akhtar;

Bogoev,Jane;

Smith,Greg;
Document Date
2017/02/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
112988
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2017/02/24
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Push and pull : emerging risks in frontier economy access to international capital markets
Keywords
Frontier Market

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Haque,Tobias Akhtar; Bogoev,Jane; Smith,Greg.

Push and pull : emerging risks in frontier economy access to international capital markets (English). Discussion paper no. 17|Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management (MFM) Global Practice Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/448611487936936412

Push and pull : emerging risks in frontier economy access to international capital markets (English)

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