schemes; b) concerted efforts to spur domestic investment and attract foreign direct investment, to contribute to export …

Investment growth in many emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) has slowed sharply since 2010. Investment … investment growth in six EMDE regions, documents remaining investment needs, especially for infrastructure, and presents a set of … region-specific policy responses to address these needs. It reports three main findings. First, investment growth has been …

Investment growth in emerging market and developing economies has slowed sharply since 2010. This paper presents a … comprehensive analysis of the causes and implications of this slowdown and presents a menu of policy responses to improve investment …, declining foreign direct investment inflows, elevated private debt burdens, heightened political risk, and adverse spillovers …

This paper analyzes how investment incentives may or may not be used to foster private investment, particularly in … policymakers with a framework for analyzing the efficacy of investment incentives based on the sector and level of development …

This paper investigates empirically the linkages between corporate debt overhang and investment activity at the firm … investment may be discouraged by high levels of debt that put at risk future profits, as well as firm dimensions that may sharpen … the debt-investment link. Using balance sheet data from a broad set of emerging market and developing economy firms, the …

This document provides an investment plan for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in Mali, developed with support of the …) framework for the CSA investment plan (CSAIP) is provided, showing how CSA outcomes relate to other MandE frameworks and other … can help spur investment and funding for CSA to help Mali deliver on its NDC and other national targets …

") corruption and the rent-seeking incentives of lower level officials. It argues that a significant obstacle to investment … likely is investment …

independence, but also inhibits the growth of national economies. In a context of growing global competition for private investment … identifies and analyzes investment incentives that governments can provide to businesses with the aim of promoting gender … jobs or investment financing, and demand-side barriers that make it more costly for firms or investors to hire or fund …