The effects of tourism on the ecology and natural environment of tourist destinations are hotly debated and research has expanded in the field of ecotourism and sustainability. This book considers the positive contributions that tourism can make to the conservation of global bio…
Before the onset of the global financial crisis in late 2008, countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) experienced strong economic growth. Demand for electricity increased steadily with gross domestic product (GDP). GDP grew, on average, 6.5 percent between 2000 and 20…
The investment needs of the water and sanitation sector and the financing constraints facing many developing countries were important catalysts for the promotion of private investment during the 1990s. Towards the end of the decade however, the flow of private capital began to d…
According to economics experts, private investment plays an important part in long term stabilization, development and growth in developing countries. To increase the development process, many developing countries have chosen to increase the accumulation of real physical capital…
The role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the past two decades has become increasingly more important in Malaysia's economy. FDI was a distinct characteristic in that it represents an equity investment that is directly related to the creation of real new capacity and the or…
This dissertation empirically investigates the determinants of Saudi Arabia non-oil private investment in disaggregated form using time series analysis. The main motive behind this work is that such analysis has not been attempted before. The impact of growth of output (aggregat…
Dollarization has grown dramatically in Turkey since Turkish banks were first allowed to offer foreign exchange deposit accounts to domestic citizens in 1984, and especially since the Turkish capital account was liberalized in 1989. This thesis attempts to measure the effects of…