Staff View: World Investment and Political Risk 2013

World Investment and Political Risk 2013

This report seeks to understand investors' perceptions of political risk as they affect Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), as well as the role of the political risk insurance industry in mitigating these risks. It is found that investors continue to rank political risk as a key obstacle to invest...

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Main Author:	Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank Group 2013
Subjects:	Access to financing accounting advanced economies affiliates Arbitration arbitrations asset quality banking markets banking sector banks bond issues broker brokers business environment business environments business risk business risks capital constraints capital flow capital flows capital outflows capital ratios capital relief Capital Requirements CD civil war commodities commodity commodity prices Confidence Index consolidation consumer base contract design contract renegotiations contractual obligations contractual relationship convertibility restrictions credit agencies credit agency Credit Risk currency currency depreciations current account deficits debt crises debt crisis debt flows developing countries developing economies developing markets Development Bank disclosure divestment divestments domestic banking economic developments economic downturn economic downturns economic performance economic performances economic risk equity flows equity funds equity investment equity investments expenditure expenditures Export credit exporters exposure Expropriation expropriations financial crises financial crisis financial markets Financial regulation financial sector financial system financial systems fiscal deficits foreign direct investment foreign firms foreign investment Foreign investor foreign investors general insurance Global Economic Prospects global economy global investment global investor Global Risk global trade government regulation government subsidies Gross domestic product growth rate growth rates holding host governments income income level incomes indebtedness inflation inflation rates inflationary pressures information sharing informed investor initial public offering institutional capacity Insurance Insurance Industry insurance market insurance product insurers interest rate interest rates International Bank International financial institutions international investment international investment agreements international markets investing Investment Corporation investment disputes investment insurance investment lending investment opportunities investment plans investment policies investment promotion investment returns investor confidence investor interest investor perceptions issuance labor costs liquidity long-term yields low-income countries macroeconomic conditions macroeconomic data macroeconomic instability macroeconomic stability market conditions maturity middle-income countries mismanagement Monetary Fund monetary policy Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency natural resource natural resources Net debt new entrants new markets new product new products offerings oil prices partial risk political considerations political regimes Political Risk Political Risk Insurance Political risks political uncertainty portfolio portfolio investment private capital private capital flow private capital flows private capital inflows private debt private debt flows private equity private investment private lenders private market property rights public debt public finances public market public spending real estate regime change regime changes regulatory scrutiny Reinsurance Reinsurance companies return returns risk factors Risk Management risk of expropriation security concerns Settlement Solvency sovereign bond sovereign debt Statistical analysis subsidiary sukuk tax tax revenues Terrorism trade credit trade deficits traditional investor transition countries transparency Transparency Initiative Treasury Treasury bills treaty Underwriters underwriting unemployment rates water supply Withdrawal
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16388

World Investment and Political Risk 2013

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