Private Sector Investments from Small States in Emerging Markets: Can International Financial Institutions Help Handle the Risks?

• Published in: Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration
• Main Author: Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Icelandic
• Published: University of Iceland 2008
• Subjects: Political institutions and public administration (General); JF20-2112; Political science (General); JA1-92; Handle The; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2008.4.2.1; https://doaj.org/article/58ca26d8126449efa85f652d9eb8ece5

The private sector plays an important role in the economic reconstruction of emerging market economies, and international financial institutions (IFIs) increasingly work in partnership with the private sector to increase economic growth and reduce poverty in those economies. IFIs, for example, offer...