World Investment and Political Risk 2010

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

No 2538 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: Political risk remains the top preoccupation for foreign investors operating in developing countries over the next three years, in spite of persistent concerns over the global downturn in the short term. The global economic recession triggered by the financial crisis that has unfolded over the past two years has not spared the developing world. Yet, the fragile and modest recovery now under way is being led by developing countries, which are expected to remain attractive destinations for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In light of overt political risk perceptions, the revival of FDI to these destinations calls for continued risk mitigation, including Political Risk Insurance (PRI). In the short term, concerns over the fallout from the financial crisis appear to dominate investors' preoccupations. Yet, FDI projections and surveys conducted for this report suggest that investors are cautiously optimistic about prospects for a global economic recovery led by the developing world. As a result, FDI to developing countries is expected to recover over the medium term. Investors from the primary industries, as well as those based in developing countries, appear particularly bullish in their investment intentions. As concerns over the health of the global economy recede, political risk considerations will return to pre-eminence for investors from both developed and developing countries.

Keywords: Macroeconomics; and; Economic; Growth-Investment; and; Investment; Climate; Finance; and; Financial; Sector; Development-Debt; Markets; Finance; and; Financial; Sector; Development-Banks; &; Banking; Reform; Private; Sector; Development-Emerging; Markets; Finance; and; Financial; Sector; Development-Non; Bank; Financial; Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8213-8478-7
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