GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY INDEX 2021 Focus on Latin America

Contreras, Oscar and Smith, Benjamin and Bendix, Joseph and Lopez, Claude (2021): GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY INDEX 2021 Focus on Latin America.

Abstract

this report uses the 2021 Global Opportunity Index and its different categories to provide an overview of Latin America's attractiveness to foreign investors, especially when compared to other emerging markets and developing economies (EMDE). It also offers an in-depth look at Latin America's global capital inflows (emphasizing their composition and evolution over the past decade) and the regions' cross-border M&A activity.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Capital flows, Latin America, FDI
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business; F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance; F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

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