• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: LAC Semiannual Report April 2014 : International Flows to Latin America †“ Rocking the Boat?
  • Contributor: de la Torre [Author]; Guillermo [Other]; Jaime [Other]; Augusto de la Torre [Other]; Guillermo Beylis [Other]; Jaime de Piniés [Other]; Beylis [Other]; de Piniés [Other]; Augusto [Other]; de la Torre [Other]; de la Torre, Augusto [Other]; Beylis, Guillermo [Other]; de Piniés, Jaime [Other]
  • Published: Washington, D.C: The World Bank, 2014
  • Published in: Latin American and Caribbean Semiannual Report
    World Bank E-Library Archive
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (55 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0286-7
  • ISBN: 9781464803185
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  • Description: As usual in this series, Chapter 1 reviews the configuration of global risks and assesses the outstanding short term opportunities and challenges facing the LAC region. A special focus is placed this time around on the difference between exposure and vulnerability to exogenous shocks, with the latter assessed by adjusting exposure for a country’s shock absorption policy capacity. Given the global context and associated concerns with capital flow volatility, in Chapter 2 we take a look at the comparatively more stable components of international flows: FDI and Remittances. The cyclicality and volatility, as well as the joint determinants of FDI and Remittances are reviewed