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Cover IMF Working Papers
From Global Savings Glut to Financing Infrastructure: The Advent of Investment Platforms
Mr. Rabah Arezki
,
Mr. Patrick Bolton
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Sanjay Peters
,
Frederic Samama
, and
Joseph Stiglitz
This paper investigates the emerging global landscape for public-private co-investments in infrastructure. The creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and other so-called “infrastructure investment platforms” are an attempt to tap into the pool of both public and private long-term savings in order to channel the latter into much needed infrastructure projects. This paper puts these new initiatives into perspective by critically reviewing the literature and experience with public private partnerships in infrastructure. It concludes by identifying the main challenges policy makers and other actors will need to confront going forward and to turn infrastructure into an asset class of its own.
Keywords:
WP; development bank; infrastructure investment; EBRD investment process; cost of capital; fund investor; Junker investment plan; private sector; H49; H54; G30; G38; long-term investor; investors in PPPs; deal flow; EBRD equity investment; equity investment; capital base; investment risk; investment boom; Infrastructure; Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP); Sovereign wealth funds; Stocks; Privatization; Global
Cover Policy Papers
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative - Statistical Update
International Monetary Fund
The HIPC Initiative and MDRI are nearly complete with 35 countries having already reached the completion point under the HIPC Initiative. One country, Chad, remains in the interim phase. Debt relief under the Initiatives has substantially alleviated debt burdens in recipient countries and has enabled them to increase their poverty-reducing expenditure by two and a half percentage points between 2001 and 2013. Creditor participation in the Initiative has been strong amongst the multilateral and Paris Club creditors; however participation from the other creditor groups still needs to be strengthened. The total cost of debt relief to creditors under the HIPC Initiative is currently estimated to be US$75.0 billion, while the costs to the four multilateral creditors providing relief under the MDRI is estimated to be US$41.1 billion in end-2013 present value terms.
Keywords:
PP; country; IMF HIPC Initiative; Point HIPCs; HIPC Initiative; completion point; millions of U.S. dollars; debt service projection; HIPC debt relief; HIPC country document; IMF MDRI assistance; country document; IMF JSAN; PV terms; MDRI assistance; Debt relief; Debt service; Exports; Stocks; Arrears; Africa; West Africa
Cover Policy Papers
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative - Statistical Update
International Monetary Fund
This report provides an update on the status of implementation of the HIPC Initiative and the MDRI over the past year. Given that most HIPCs have reached the completion point, in November 2011, the IMF and IDA Boards2 endorsed staff’s proposal to further streamline reporting of progress under the HIPC Initiative and MDRI. It was agreed that the annual HIPC Initiative/MDRI status of implementation report will be discontinued, while the core information—on debt service and poverty reducing expenditure, the cost of debt relief, creditor participation rates, and litigation against HIPCs—should continue to be made available and updated regularly on the IMF and World Bank websites.
Keywords:
PP; IMF HIPC Initiative; MDRI-type; dollar; Point HIPCs; enhanced HIPC Initiative; MDRI assistance; completion point; millions of U.S. dollars; IMF MDRI assistance; MDRI status; IMF MDRI assistance to Cambodia; Debt relief; Debt service; Exports; Stocks; Poverty reduction; Africa; West Africa
Cover Policy Papers
Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI)- Status of Implementation
International Monetary Fund
This report provides an update on the status of implementation, impact and costs of the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) since mid-2006. It also discusses the status of creditor participation in both initiatives and the issue of litigation of commercial creditors against HIPCs.
Keywords:
PP; MDRI debt relief; NPV terms; enhanced HIPC Initiative; post-completion-point HIPCs; completion point; IMF staff estimate; long-term debt; post-decision-point HIPCs; MDRI assistance; Debt relief; Debt service; Exports; Stocks; Debt sustainability; Africa; West Africa
Cover IMF Working Papers
International Financial Integration and Economic Growth
Mr. Torsten M Sloek
,
Ms. Hali J Edison
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Mr. Luca A Ricci
, and
Mr. Ross Levine
This paper uses new data and new econometric techniques to investigate the impact of international financial integration on economic growth and also to assess whether this relationship depends on the level of economic development, financial development, legal system development, government corruption, and macroeconomic policies. Using a wide array of measures of international financial integration on 57 countries and an assortment of statistical methodologies, we are unable to reject the hypothesis that international financial integration does not accelerate economic growth even when controlling for particular economic, financial, institutional, and policy characteristics.
Keywords:
WP; capital flow; IMF-restriction measure; least squares; International Finance; Economic Growth; Foreign Direct Investment; Portfolio Investment; Developing Countries; government balance; State power; IFI indicator; IFI-growth relationship; country observation; growth IFI-relationship; origin country; IMF restriction; Capital flows; Capital inflows; Multilateral development institutions; Stocks; Financial integration
Cover Official Financing for Developing Countries 1997
Official Financing for Developing Countries 1997
International Monetary Fund

Abstract

This study provides information on official financing for developing countries with the focus on low and lower-middle-income countries. It updates the 1995 edition and reviews developments in direct financing by offical and multilateral sources. Topics of interest include external debt sustainability for heavily indebted poor countries; new official financing flows to developing countries; developments in export credits;financing from multilateral institutions; debt restructuring by official bilateral creditors; plus, numerous appendices.

Keywords:
WEFS; debt; country; export credit; financing; agreement; export credit agency; service export credits; NPV debt reduction; export credit exposure; IMF staff estimate; IBRD debt; Export credits; Debt rescheduling; Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt; Arrears; Development assistance; Europe; Global; Eastern Europe; Asia and Pacific; Baltics