Resource-backed investment finance in least developed countries (English)

The global financial crisis and shrinking aid flows have led to decreased availability of long-term debt finance for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), particularly for infrastructure. On the other hand, resource-related foreign direct investment (FDI) in those countries has remained substantial. This note presents two models in which the natural resource wealth of LDCs has been used as a means to overcome the dearth of finance sources necessary for...

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Canuto,Otaviano;

Halland,Havard;
Document Date
2013/09/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
81104
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2013/09/19
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Resource-backed investment finance in least developed countries
Keywords
Poverty Reduction & Economic Management

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Canuto,Otaviano; Halland,Havard.

Resource-backed investment finance in least developed countries (English). Economic premise|no. 123 Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/619051468325193287

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