Investment and Growth in the Arab World : A Scoping Note.

Enhancing public and private investment, but also ensuring that this translates into higher growth and employment, have long been key policy challenges in Arab countries. Reflecting an improvement in policies and global conditions, investment rates in Arab countries have increased over the past coup...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Series:Policy Papers; Policy Paper ; No. 2016/010
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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Summary:Enhancing public and private investment, but also ensuring that this translates into higher growth and employment, have long been key policy challenges in Arab countries. Reflecting an improvement in policies and global conditions, investment rates in Arab countries have increased over the past couple of decades. In spite of this-and notwithstanding significant differences across the region-investment has on average been somewhat weaker than in peer countries and less effective at generating growth. Private investment, particularly foreign direct investment (FDI), has underperformed significantly. And while public capital spending has benefited from high oil prices in resource-rich countries, it has continued to lag in oil importers...
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Physical Description:1 online resource (40 pages)
Format:Mode of access: Internet
ISSN:2663-3493
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