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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.

Broader

Declining investment
Unpresentable

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
Rising taxes
Unpresentable

Reduced by

Abusive deregulation
Yet to rate

Value

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

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Finance
  • Commerce » Investment
  • Government » Private
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    G9870
    DOCID
    11798700
    D7NID
    140790
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024