Global economic prospects, January 2017 : weak investment in uncertain times /
Stagnant global trade, subdued investment, and heightened policy uncertainty marked another difficult year for the world economy. A moderate recovery is expected for 2017, with receding obstacles to activity in commodity-exporting emerging market and developing economies. Weak investment is weighing...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
World Bank Group,
[2017]
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Colección: | World Bank Group flagship report.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1. Global outlook: subdued growth, shifting policies, heightened uncertainty. Summary
- Major economies: Recent developments and outlook
- Global trends
- Emerging and developing economies: Recent developments and outlook
- Outlook
- Risks to the outlook
- Policy challenges
- References
- Box 1.1 Low-income countries: Recent developments and outlook
- Box 1.2 Regional perspectives: Recent developments and outlook.
- Special focus. The U.S. economy and the world
- Introduction
- Linkages between the United States and the World
- Synchronization of U.S. and global cycles
- Spillovers from the United States to the global economy
- Spillovers to the United States from the global economy
- Conclusion
- Annex SF. l Cyclical spillovers
- Annex SF. 2 Fiscal policy simulations
- References.
- Chapter 2. Regional outlooks. East Asia and Pacific. Recent developments ; Outlook ; Risks ; Policy challenges ; Box 2.1.1 Investment developments and outlook: East Asia and Pacific
- Europe and Central Asia. Recent developments ; Outlook ; Risks ; Policy challenges ; Box 2.2.1 Recent investment slowdown: Europe and Central Asia
- Latin America and the Caribbean. Recent developments ; Outlook ; Risks ; Policy challenges ; Box 2.3.1 Recent investment slowdown: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Middle East and North Africa. Recent developments ; Outlook ; Risks ; Policy challenges ; Box 2.4.1 Recent investment slowdown: Middle East and North Africa
- South Asia. Recent developments ; Outlook ; Risks ; Policy challenges ; Box 2.5.1 Recent investment slowdown: South Asia
- Sub-Saharan Africa. Recent developments ; Outlook ; Risks ; Policy challenges ; Box 2.6.1 Recent investment slowdown: Sub-Saharan Africa ; References.
- Chapter 3. Weak investment in uncertain times: causes, implications and policy responses. Introduction
- Main features of the investment slowdown
- Macroeconomic backdrop
- Factors associated with the investment slowdown
- Implications of weak investment for global trade, long-term growth and catch-up
- Policies to promote investment growth
- Conclusions
- Annex 3.1 Determinants of investment: Empirical framework
- Annex 3.2 Definitions and Methodology
- References
- Box 3.1 Investment-less credit booms
- Box 3.2 Implications of rising uncertainty for investment in EMDEs
- Box 3.3 Investment slowdown in China
- Box 3.4 Interactions between public and private investment.