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Private Business In Developing Countries: Improved Prospects By Guy P. Pfeffermann, M. Ajayi

Economic and Financial Review

The paper is divided into five sections as follows: Background. Growth prospects, Prospects for the Private sector in Developing countries. Privatisation, and Foreign Direct Investment. The background section appraised some of the economic policies pursued and developments in developing countries in the last 2 decades. The section emphasised the existence of interdependence of the effect of economic policies and conditions of the developed and developing countries. For instance, the author stressed that the recent slow-down of growth in IJie developing countries has been one of the factors holding back the growth of output in the OECD countries.