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…
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…
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…
The three essays analyze the effects of uncontrolled domestic and external financial liberalization on country risk, private investment and political instability in Argentina, Mexico and Turkey. The first essay explores the dynamic relationship among country risk, short and long…