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Monday, 08 November 2010 14:27

Unctad_And_OECD_ReportA Joint UNCTAD and OECD report on G20 investment measures finds that G20 countries have honoured their commitment to resist protectionism, but calls upon them to remain vigilant in light of intensifying protectionist pressures. 

 
Monday, 01 November 2010 16:43

Governing_Global_FinanceDFI has been funded by Connect US to partner with the African Economic Research Consortium, Brookings Institution, New Rules for Global Finance and the University of Missouri/Kansas City to ensure that low-income and African countries' voices are heard in the G20, US administration and Financial Stability Board on how global financial regulation can best promote their development. The project will involve a combination of research, analysis and advocacy during 2010-11. The project was discussed preliminarily at a seminar at the BWI Annual Meetings on 9 October. More details here. For the video of the Financial Governance Panel click here.

 
 
 
Monday, 01 November 2010 16:21

UNThe UN has produced the first International Development Cooperation Report, an independently authored analysis of trends in aid quantity and quality, mutual accountability and transparency, South-South cooperation, policy coherence for development and the need to reform the global development cooperation architecture. The report, which was commissioned from DFI by UNDESA, was preliminarily launched at a side-event of the MDG Summit on September 21, of which the summary is now available online.

 
 
 
Monday, 25 October 2010 11:03

AFDB_GlobeWith an estimated annual financing requirement of US$93 billion until 2020, this Economic Brief identifies huge opportunities and benefits from investing in Africa's infrastructure. Policy priorities include the mobilisation of foreign private capital (noting the importance of especially South-South FDI with reference to China), and alternative domestic and regional private sources in the form of infrastructure bonds (e.g. Kenya), Sovereign Wealth Funds (e.g. Libya), and commodity-linked bonds.

 
 
 
Monday, 25 October 2010 11:00

Programa_MedicionInformation on CEMLA's Remittances Programme may be found here. In addition to technical background documents, the site makes available country reports that cover issues such as economic context; institutional and legal framework; characteristics of recipients and providers; means and channels of payment; costs, disclosure, transparency and consumer protection information; and compilation methodology. These are presently available for Barbados, Bolivia, Columbia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Honduras.

 
 
 
Monday, 25 October 2010 10:55

AFDBAfDB finds that second quarter stock market gains in Ghana (18%), Kenya (14%), Uganda (14%), Nigeria (9%), Côte d'Ivoire (9%), Morocco (8%), and Tunisia (5%) reflect growing optimism about international recovery in the financial markets, in spite of small losses in Mauritius, Egypt, and South Africa.

 
 
 
Monday, 25 October 2010 10:54

This paper confirms neoclassical theory that LDCs tend to experience net capital inflows and more developed countries net capital outflows, when accounting for the degree of capital account openness, and various country characteristics. Findings are driven by FDI, portfolio equity, and to some extent by loans to the private sector.

 
 
 
Friday, 22 October 2010 09:48

BCEAOThe June edition is now available online, covering annual data for 2007-9 and monthly data for February, March and April 2010. It includes data broken down by country on commercial bank assets and liabilities positions, deposit and lending rates, and reserves; private sector bond issues; and the operations of the regional stock exchange (BVRM) including the number and value of securities listed and traded, market capitalisation, and BVRM and Composite Indices. The Bulletin presents information in both French and English.

 
 
 
Thursday, 21 October 2010 12:44

Regional_Economic_OutlookThis edition argues that strengthening business climate in South America remains critical, finds remittances to Central America have picked up and FDI has remained resilient, and tourism in the Caribbean is experiencing a slow and variable recovery. The region's financial systems were generally resilient to the crisis (thanks to improved oversight and regulation over the past decade), although avoiding crises and high credit pro-cyclicality remain challenges. It identifies a broad consensus that regulation and supervision must move beyond individual financial institutions to address systemic risks, interconnectedness, and excessive pro-cyclicality.

 
 
 
Tuesday, 19 October 2010 14:29

BeninBenin has published its analytical report detailing the results of its first national survey on foreign private capital flows and investor perception. The report is now available online (in French only).

 
 
 
Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:21

Central_Bank_of_NicaraguaThis Central Bank report presents data captured in a series of quarterly surveys, which recently replaced the annual foreign assets and liabilities surveys. It covers stocks and gross transactions for 2007-8 split into loans and credits from related companies (a component of FDI), supplier credits from unrelated entities, and loans from unrelated entities. Other breakdowns include maturity, sector of economic activity, and source country.

 
 
 
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