Documents et rapports

Digital Conglomerates in East Asia: Navigating Competition Policy Challenges (anglais)

Conglomeration has traditionally been prevalent in Asia, a trend that is currently exacerbated by the characteristics of digital markets. While conglomerates offer important benefits, from economies of...

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions in services : the role of policy and industrial structure (anglais)

This paper presents evidence on the determinants of cross-border mergers and acquisitions in services sectors. It develops a stylized model of mergers and acquisitions that predicts that the incidence...

Surges and stops in FDI flows to developing countries : does the mode of entry make a difference ? (anglais)

This paper investigates the factors associated with foreign direct investment "surges" and "stops," defined as sharp increases and decreases, respectively, of gross foreign direct investment inflows to...

International debt statistics 2013 (anglais)

International Debt Statistics (IDS) presents data and analysis information on the external debt of developing countries for 2011, based on actual flows and debt related transactions reported to the World...

Bilateral M&A activity from the global south (anglais)

This paper studies the factors associated with outbound bilateral mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity by firms located in emerging economies. The authors document recent trends in emerging market M&A...

Is the financial safety net a barrier to cross-border banking ? (anglais)

A bank's interest expenses rise with its degree of internationalization, measured by its share of foreign liabilities in total liabilities or a Herfindahl index of international liability concentration...

Guía del Usuario : resolución de conflictos de gobierno corporativo (Vol. 3 of 4) : Training (anglais)

The Global Corporate Governance Forum's fourth toolkit provides practical guidance on how consensus-based alternatives to adjudication can help prevent, resolve, and reduce the negative impact of corporate...

Large devaluations, foreign direct investment and exports : a speculative note (anglais)

One side-effect of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09 was the resurgence of a debate over exchange rates. The conventional wisdom dictates that real-exchange rate adjustments are needed in order to...

Will FDI be resilient in this crisis? (anglais)

Although foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have tended to remain resilient during previous crises, they may not behave in a similar fashion during the current crisis. Why? In past crises, the stability...

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Investment climate assessment (anglais)

The private enterprise sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has been expanding steadily, and estimates are that it presently contributes close to 50 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The BiH private...

DECPG daily brief economics and financial market commentary (anglais)

Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: global stock markets continue...

Daily brief economics and financial market commentary (anglais)

Some of the headings included in this issue of the daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: U.S. incomes and spending pick-up in August; European confidence down;...

Daily brief economics and financial market commentary (anglais)

Some of the headings included in this issue of the daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: emerging market (EM) debt spreads return to all-time lows; Peru exchanges...

Foreign direct investment in Mexico since the approval of NAFTA (anglais)

Cross-country panel data are used to assess the effect of free-trade agreements on flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Free-trade agreements are found to have a significant positive effect on FDI...

How foreign participation and market concentration impact bank spreads: evidence from Latin America : How foreign participation and market concentration impact bank spreads: evidence from Latin America (anglais)

Increasing foreign participation and high concentration levels characterize the recent evolution of banking sectors' market structures in developing countries. We analyze the impact of these factors on...

How foreign participation and market concentration impact bank spreads : evidence from Latin America (anglais)

Increasing foreign participation and high concentration levels characterize the recent evolution of banking sectors' market structures in developing countries. The authors analyze the impact of these factors...

Greenfield foreign direct investment and mergers and acquisitions - feedback and macroeconomic effects (anglais)

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing countries surged in the 1990s to become their leading source of external financing. This rise in FDI volume was accompanied by a marked change in its...

Foreign bank entry : experience implications for developing economies, and agenda for further research (anglais)

In recent years foreign banks have expanded their presence significantly in several developing economies. In Argentina and Chile in Latin America and in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in Eastern...

Mexico - Bank Restructuring (anglais)

Recent trends in the transfer of resources to developing countries - a background note for the Development Committee Meeting of April 2002 prepared by the Staff of the World Bank (anglais)

The slowdown in industrial countries reduced developing countries' export revenues, and hence, their capacity to borrow, although this was partially mitigated by the drop in interest rates. Hardest hit...