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IFC Discussion Paper No. 25. Presents tables and graphs of updated statistics on private investment in developing countries between 1980 and 1993. Text focuses on capital flows that contribute to the financing of private investment. This sixth annual statistical survey by the International Finance Corporation tracks private investment in developing countries, presenting data updated through 1993. The author discusses foreign direct investment, determinants of private investment (domestic and foreign), and the effects of institutional factors. Tables and graphs of updated statistics track gross domestic product, the amounts of private versus public investment, and investment shares for East Asia, Latin America, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The main finding of this paper is that private investment continued its upward trend in 1993. East Asia continued to maintain the highest levels of private investment, although the rate declined for the second year in a row. Latin America showed the second highest rates and registered an increase for the second consecutive year. Public investment remained highest in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, followed by East Asia, where it reached a ten-year high. Public investment continued to decline in Latin America, where levels were lower than in other regions.

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