Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2003 : Investing to Unlock Global Opportunities

dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2013-08-02T22:09:23Z
dc.date2013-08-02T22:09:23Z
dc.date2003-01-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:30:43Z
dc.descriptionStrong cyclical dynamics, together with an easing of macroeconomic policies in the United States and elsewhere, have boosted large parts of the global economy, into the initial phase of a recovery in 2002. Nonetheless, the global recovery is fragile, because investment spending is insufficient to underpin continuing growth, although long-term prospects remain promising. Although global competition is creating new opportunities for developing countries, harnessing globalization requires reducing barriers to competition, using targeted interventions carefully, but essentially, supported by sound public investments. International agreements on investment, and competition policies can provide benefits through reciprocity, while agreements on investment policy are likely to have strong development effects, only if they deal with the big issues facing developing countries. Consequently, competition agreements should focus on restraints to competition that hurt developing countries: policy barriers in markets abroad; private restraints on competition; and, trade restraints officially sanctioned.
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dc.identifier0-8213-5338-1
dc.identifier1014-8906
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14781
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5338-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418767
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectEconomic aspects
dc.subjectInternational trade
dc.subjectEconomic regulation
dc.subjectGlobalization
dc.subjectGlobal market
dc.subjectCyclical swings
dc.subjectMacroeconomic policy
dc.subjectEconomic recovery
dc.subjectInvestments
dc.subjectInvestment barriers
dc.subjectEconomic growth
dc.subjectCompetition (economic)
dc.subjectDeveloping countries
dc.subjectCompetitive equilibrium
dc.subjectTrade barriers
dc.subjectPublic investments
dc.subjectInternational agreements
dc.subjectInvestment policy
dc.subjectCompetition policy
dc.subjectReciprocity
dc.subjectPrivate capital flows
dc.subjectRestrictive business practices
dc.subjectagricultural subsidies
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectantitrust laws
dc.subjectBarriers to entry
dc.subjectbilateral investment
dc.subjectbilateral investment treaties
dc.subjectbonds
dc.subjectborder protection
dc.subjectcapital flows
dc.subjectCapital inflows
dc.subjectcapital markets
dc.subjectCartel
dc.subjectcartels
dc.subjectcollaboration
dc.subjectcompetition law
dc.subjectcompetition policies
dc.subjectcompetition policy
dc.subjectcompetitive forces
dc.subjectconsumers
dc.subjectCross-border trade
dc.subjectcustoms
dc.subjectdebt
dc.subjectdeflation
dc.subjectdemographics
dc.subjectdeveloped countries
dc.subjectDevelopment Economics
dc.subjectdevelopment strategy
dc.subjectdividends
dc.subjectdomestic fixed investment
dc.subjectdomestic investment
dc.subjectdomestic law
dc.subjectdomestic market
dc.subjectdurable goods
dc.subjectEconomic Analysis
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjecteconomic impact
dc.subjecteconomic performance
dc.subjectEconomists
dc.subjectexport cartels
dc.subjectexport growth
dc.subjectexport sectors
dc.subjectExports
dc.subjectexternalities
dc.subjectfinancial markets
dc.subjectFinancial Sector
dc.subjectfinancial system
dc.subjectforeign capital
dc.subjectforeign companies
dc.subjectforeign direct investment
dc.subjectforeign investment
dc.subjectforeign investors
dc.subjectFree Trade
dc.subjectFree Trade Agreement
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGlobal competition
dc.subjectglobal economy
dc.subjectGlobal effects
dc.subjectGlobal production
dc.subjectgross domestic product
dc.subjectgrowth rates
dc.subjecthuman capital
dc.subjectImport competition
dc.subjectimports
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectincome countries
dc.subjectindustrial economies
dc.subjectIntellectual Property
dc.subjectIntellectual Property Rights
dc.subjectinterest rates
dc.subjectInternational Agreements
dc.subjectinternational community
dc.subjectInternational Competition
dc.subjectInternational cooperation
dc.subjectinternational investment
dc.subjectinternational markets
dc.subjectInternational Trade
dc.subjectInvestment climate
dc.subjectinvestment climates
dc.subjectInvestment Disputes
dc.subjectinvestment flows
dc.subjectInvestment growth
dc.subjectinvestment incentives
dc.subjectInvestment Measures
dc.subjectinvestment policies
dc.subjectinvestment policy
dc.subjectinvestment spending
dc.subjectinvestment treaties
dc.subjectinvestor protections
dc.subjectlearning
dc.subjectlegal status
dc.subjectliteracy
dc.subjectLow-income countries
dc.subjectmacroeconomic policies
dc.subjectmarket access
dc.subjectmarket countries
dc.subjectmarket share
dc.subjectmergers
dc.subjectmonopolies
dc.subjectMultilateral Agreement
dc.subjectmultinational companies
dc.subjectnational policies
dc.subjectnatural resources
dc.subjectNon-oil commodities
dc.subjectoil
dc.subjectOil prices
dc.subjectphones
dc.subjectprice effects
dc.subjectprivate investment
dc.subjectPrivate sector
dc.subjectproducers
dc.subjectproduction networks
dc.subjectProductivity
dc.subjectproductivity growth
dc.subjectProductivity increases
dc.subjectProfitability
dc.subjectproperty rights
dc.subjectpublic sector
dc.subjectquotas
dc.subjectreducing barriers
dc.subjectreform programs
dc.subjectregional trade
dc.subjectrestrictions
dc.subjectsavings
dc.subjectstructural change
dc.subjectstructural shifts
dc.subjectsubsidiary rights
dc.subjectsustainable development
dc.subjectTariff rates
dc.subjectTechnological progress
dc.subjecttelephone services
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjecttrade barriers
dc.subjecttrade bloc
dc.subjectTrade Law
dc.subjecttrade negotiations
dc.subjecttrade rebounds
dc.subjectTrade restrictions
dc.subjecttradeoffs
dc.subjecttrading system
dc.subjecttransparency
dc.subjecttransport costs
dc.subjecttrough
dc.subjectunilateral reforms
dc.subjectworld economy
dc.subjectworld exports
dc.subjectWorld trade
dc.subjectWorld Trade Organization
dc.subjectWTO
dc.titleGlobal Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2003 : Investing to Unlock Global Opportunities

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