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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Declining private investment

Declining private investment

  • Uninterested private investors
  • Unavailable private capital

Incidence

In 1998, the president of the World Bank conceded the danger of a huge liquidity shortage arising in the world's emerging markets. Private capital had fallen to some US$140 billion (S$230.7 billion) a year with further falls in sight.

Narrower

Decline in foreign direct investment
Presentable

Aggravates

Speculative flight of capital
Excellent
Inadequate level of national investment
Presentable

Aggravated by

Private international trade and investment disputes
Presentable
Accumulation of capital
Presentable

Reduced by

Abusive deregulation
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Value

Unavailability
Yet to rate
Disinterest
Yet to rate
Decline
Yet to rate

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Subject
Content quality
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Language
English
Last update
Dec 3, 2024