Economic Security, Private Investment, and Growth in Developing Countries /

This paper provides empirical support for the view that enhanced economic security fosters private investment and growth in developing countries. An analysis for 53 developing countries suggests that most aspects of economic security have improved since the mid-1980s; that private investment is most...

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Hovedforfatter: Poirson, Helene
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/004
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF
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