Foreign Private Investment in Developing Countries

January 15, 1985

Summary

Since the early 1970s foreign direct and portfolio equity investment flows into developing countries, although continuing to increase in absolute terms, have been relatively less important than in previous years, as foreign private capital flows have been dominated by debt-creating bank credit.

Subject: Balance of payments, Bank credit, External debt, Foreign direct investment, Labor, Money, Portfolio investment, Tax incentives, Wages

Keywords: Africa, Bank credit, Caribbean, commercial bank debt, developing country, equity investment, firm, Foreign direct investment, Global, lending, oil developing countries, OP, portfolio, portfolio equity inflow, portfolio equity investment, Portfolio investment, Wages

Pages:
51
Volume:
1985
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557750662.084
Issue:
001
Series:
Occasional Paper No. 1985/001
Stock No:
S033EA0000000
ISBN:
9781557750662
ISSN:
0251-6365

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