Private investment and economic growth in developing countries

Private Investment and Financial Sector Policies in Developing Countries

This paper examines the role of financial sector policies in determining private investment in the economies of India and Malaysia. The results suggest that the presence of significant directed credit programs favoring certain priority sectors in the economies appear to be harmful for private capital formation in both countries. Interest rate controls seem to have a positive impact on investmen...

Population and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

Purpose: This paper examines the economic effects of the demographic transition in developing countries. Findings: Based on data from the World Bank and using a sample of forty-three developing economies, we find that the growth rate of per capita GDP is linearly dependent upon population growth, both the young and old dependency ratios, the mortality rate, and whether or not the rate of popula...

Openness and economic growth in developing countries

Openness appears to have a strong impact on economic growth especially in DCs, which typically exhibit a high share of physical capital in factor income and a low share of labor. In the neoclassical growth model with partial capital mobility, physical capital's share in factor income determines the difference in the predicted convergence rates for open and closed economies. With a 60 percent sh...

economic growth and foreign direct investment in the developing countries: an analysis based on panel data

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An Examination Of Economic Liberalization Impact On Foreign Direct Investment In Selected Developing Countries