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  "title": "Non-FDI Capital Inflows in Low-Income Developing Countries: Catching the Wave?",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, April 29, 2015",
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  "summary": "Low-income countries (LIDCs) are typically characterized by intermittent and very modest access to private external funding sources.",
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      "content": "- By Juliana Dutra Araujo, Antonio David, Carlos van Hombeeck, Chris Papageorgiou\n- April 29, 2015\n- IMF Working Papers 2015, 086 (2015)\n- Pages: 41\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484341087.001\n- Series: Working Paper No. 2015/086\n- Stock No: WPIEA2015086\n- ISBN: 9781484341087\n- ISSN: 1018-5941"
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      "heading": "Research scope and contributions",
      "content": "- Constructs a new comprehensive dataset on gross private capital flows with special focus on non-FDI flows in LIDCs.\n- Concentrates on low-income developing countries (LIDCs) and gross non-FDI private flows to close a gap in existing datasets where country coverage of developing economies is limited mainly to emerging markets (EMs)."
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      "content": "- Since the mid 2000's, periods of surges in gross non-FDI private inflows in LIDCs are broadly comparable to those of EMs.\n- Gross non-FDI inflows to LIDCs are on average much lower than those to EMs.\n- The LIDC top quartile gross non-FDI inflow is comparable to the EM median inflow and is converging to the EM top quartile inflow.\n- The study identifies several shifting patterns of gross non-FDI private inflows to LIDCs using the new data."
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      "content": "- Subject: Balance of payments, Balance of payments statistics, Capital flows, Capital inflows, Economic and financial statistics, Financial crises, Foreign direct investment, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009\n- Keywords: Balance of payments statistics, benchmark LIDC sample, Capital flows, Capital inflows, FDI flow, FDI inflow, Foreign direct investment, Global, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, Gross Capital Flows, inflows to LIDCs, inflows trend, LIDC database, LIDCs + EMs, Low-Income Countries, low-income developing countries, Market Access, private inflow, Surges, WEO data, WP\n\nIMF Working Paper: Non-FDI Capital Inflows in Low-Income Developing Countries: Catching the Wave? (2015/086).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp1586\n  - wp1586 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp1586 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/non-fdi-capital-inflows-in-low-income-developing-countries-catching-the-wave-42876"
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    "Authors: Juliana Dutra Araujo, Antonio David, Carlos van Hombeeck, Chris Papageorgiou",
    "Published: April 29, 2015",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484341087.001",
    "By Juliana Dutra Araujo, Antonio David, Carlos van Hombeeck, Chris Papageorgiou",
    "April 29, 2015",
    "IMF Working Papers 2015, 086 (2015)",
    "Pages: 41",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484341087.001",
    "Series: Working Paper No. 2015/086",
    "Stock No: WPIEA2015086",
    "ISBN: 9781484341087",
    "ISSN: 1018-5941",
    "Constructs a new comprehensive dataset on gross private capital flows with special focus on non-FDI flows in LIDCs.",
    "Concentrates on low-income developing countries (LIDCs) and gross non-FDI private flows to close a gap in existing datasets where country coverage of developing economies is limited mainly to emerging markets (EMs).",
    "Since the mid 2000's, periods of surges in gross non-FDI private inflows in LIDCs are broadly comparable to those of EMs.",
    "Gross non-FDI inflows to LIDCs are on average much lower than those to EMs.",
    "The LIDC top quartile gross non-FDI inflow is comparable to the EM median inflow and is converging to the EM top quartile inflow.",
    "The study identifies several shifting patterns of gross non-FDI private inflows to LIDCs using the new data.",
    "Subject: Balance of payments, Balance of payments statistics, Capital flows, Capital inflows, Economic and financial statistics, Financial crises, Foreign direct investment, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009",
    "Keywords: Balance of payments statistics, benchmark LIDC sample, Capital flows, Capital inflows, FDI flow, FDI inflow, Foreign direct investment, Global, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, Gross Capital Flows, inflows to LIDCs, inflows trend, LIDC database, LIDCs + EMs, Low-Income Countries, low-income developing countries, Market Access, private inflow, Surges, WEO data, WP",
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