Determinants of Development Financing Flows From Brazil, Russia, India, and China to Low-Income Countries

Author/Editor:

Nkunde Mwase

Publication Date:

November 1, 2011

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

BRICs development financing flows have increased significantly and are expected to become more prominent in the post-crisis era. We investigate the potential implications on the country-allocation of loan commitments and the degree of concessionality using a panel vector autoregression model and single equation dynamic panel estimation.We find that BRICs lend more to LICs with weaker institutions. Land-locked, resource-scarce LICs receive significantly less financing than other resource-rich LICs. The degree of concessionality is negatively correlated with the amount of loans and positively correlated with better institutional indicators suggesting that the higher the risks, the higher the required returns that BRICs expect.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2011/255

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

November 1, 2011

ISBN/ISSN:

9781463923914/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2011255

Pages:

24

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