Investment Facilitation in Transitional and Fragile States

Jake Cusack; Matt Tilleard

doi:10.5771/9781442228160

Summary

The report from the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development outlines a new tool for policymakers to encourage private-sector development in developing nations. Specifically, it argues that in fragile states there is an intermediation gap between sources of capital and entrepreneurs seeking investment. This gap prevents investment by raising transaction costs and exacerbating information asymmetry. Jake Cusack and Matt Tilleard present a case study of this gap as observed in their work in South Sudan. Then they propose a model of investment facilitation that bridges the intermediation gap. The model is based on donor funding of a neutral nongovernment facilitator to identify attractive investment opportunities, link them to capital, and facilitate transactions.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2014
Copyright Year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-2815-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-2816-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 12
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Executive Summary No access
Investment into Fragile States Is Vital No access Pages 1 - 1
Four Barriers to Investment in Fragile States No access Pages 2 - 3
Firm-level Constraints: Neglected Barriers No access Pages 4 - 5
Firm-level Constraints in the Field: Example of South Sudan No access Pages 6 - 6
A Proposal to Address Firm-level Barriers No access Pages 7 - 8
Conclusion No access Pages 9 - 10
Appendix: Historic and Current Examples of Donor-sponsored Intermediation Activities No access Pages 11 - 11
About the Authors No access Pages 12 - 12