Supporting Investment and Private Sector Development in Times of Crisis
Strategies for Small States
Series Title: Commonwealth Economic Paper Series
Number within series: 89
Publication date: 1 April 2010
Size:
240mm x 165mm
ISBN: 978-1-84929-017-3
Pages: 60
Small states are vulnerable to the effects of the global financial crisis because of their high dependence on foreign direct investment, the importance for them of export earnings, and high levels of remittances and aid flows. The crisis thus also in turn affects investment and private sector development.
This Economic Paper examines the effects of the crisis on three countries: Mauritius, St Lucia and Vanuatu. Only Vanuatu is relatively resilient so far, with the effects on investment in Mauritius and St Lucia being dramatic, though affecting different sectors in each country. The policy responses followed also differ markedly. The authors demonstrate once again the vulnerability of small states to shocks, and emphasise that they are often at the receiving end of global policies, particularly so in the context of the global financial crisis. They argue that more could be done to clarify and address the greater vulnerability of many small states.
This Economic Paper examines the effects of the crisis on three countries: Mauritius, St Lucia and Vanuatu. Only Vanuatu is relatively resilient so far, with the effects on investment in Mauritius and St Lucia being dramatic, though affecting different sectors in each country. The policy responses followed also differ markedly. The authors demonstrate once again the vulnerability of small states to shocks, and emphasise that they are often at the receiving end of global policies, particularly so in the context of the global financial crisis. They argue that more could be done to clarify and address the greater vulnerability of many small states.
Contents
Summary
1. Introduction
2. The Global Financial Crisis, Investment and Private Sector Development in Small States: Transmission Belts and Conceptual Issues
2.1 Transmission belts
2.2 Investment and private sector development
3. The Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on Small States
3.1 Foreign direct investment
3.2 Domestic credit in the private sector
3.3 Remittances
3.4 Trade
3.5 Aid
3.6 Summary
4. The Global Financial Crisis, Investment and Private Sector Development in Small States: Mauritius, St Lucia and Vanuatu
4.1 Mauritius
4.2 St Lucia
4.3 Vanuatu
4.4 Conclusions
5. Global Policies, the Global Financial Crisis and Private Sector Development in Small States
5.1 The G-20 and small states
5.2 The UN and small states
5.3 The IMF, World Bank, European Commission and small states
5.4 Why does this matter for investment and private sector development?
6. Conclusions and Implications
References
1. Introduction
2. The Global Financial Crisis, Investment and Private Sector Development in Small States: Transmission Belts and Conceptual Issues
2.1 Transmission belts
2.2 Investment and private sector development
3. The Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on Small States
3.1 Foreign direct investment
3.2 Domestic credit in the private sector
3.3 Remittances
3.4 Trade
3.5 Aid
3.6 Summary
4. The Global Financial Crisis, Investment and Private Sector Development in Small States: Mauritius, St Lucia and Vanuatu
4.1 Mauritius
4.2 St Lucia
4.3 Vanuatu
4.4 Conclusions
5. Global Policies, the Global Financial Crisis and Private Sector Development in Small States
5.1 The G-20 and small states
5.2 The UN and small states
5.3 The IMF, World Bank, European Commission and small states
5.4 Why does this matter for investment and private sector development?
6. Conclusions and Implications
References
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