How successful has China and Bangladesh been in generating domestic saving and attracting foreign savings (or foreign direct investment)?

Savings/Investments ? Barriers to productive investment and doing business? Any government efforts to reduce barriers? ? Sources of domestic capital savings: Consumers, Business & Gov’t. >>> amounts and trends for each? ? Net foreign capital flows and foreign savings sources Public/private, and from what countries? ? Government policies to encourage savings? ? How much commercial borrowing and recent trends, and from which countries/banks? ? Estimates of gross public and private investment ? Policies to encourage GOOD investment ? Examples of GOOD or BAD investments ? How much has FDI been growing? ? How much FDI and recent trends, and from which countries Types of FDI? ? Recent policies concerning FDI (for/against?) & recent changes Ch. 11: ? What are some of the key fiscal policy issues facing your countries? ? Trends in Government spending relative to GDP (% of GDP) ? Impact of recent world financial crisis? ? Trends in deficits relative to GDP; efforts to reduce budget deficits What kind of tax system, and how effective is it? ? Tax policies/reforms (any changes to foster economic growth?) How successful has Fiscal policy been in generating savings and encouraging investment? Ch. 12. ? Has the foreign capital been successful (helpful) in generating GDP growth, and improved productivity? ? Fiscal Policy ? What are some of the key fiscal policy issues facing your countries? ? Trends in Government spending relative to GDP (% of GDP) ? Impact of recent world financial crisis? ? Trends in deficits relative to GDP; efforts to reduce budget deficits What kind of tax system, and how effective is it? ? Tax policies/reforms (any changes to foster economic growth?) How successful has Fiscal policy been in generating savings and encouraging investment? ? Financial Development and Inflation/Monetary Policy ? Does your country have a shallow or deep financial system? What is its “Financial Ratio” and what efforts have been made to deepen it? ? Does your country have a DEEP or SHALLOW financial system? IS it taking any steps to deepen its financial system? ? How prevalent are informal credit markets, and are there efforts to establish more micro-credit markets? ? What is the “central bank” of your country? Is it independent from the government? Who is the head person? ? What has been the history with respect to inflation in your countries in the past 20 years, and what is the view looking forward? ? What tools does the Central Bank use to engage in monetary policy? Is the current policy expansionary or contractionary? a. Isiteffectivein: ? Setting up financial infrastructure (banks/markets)? ? Controlling inflation (last 10 years)? Ch. 13-14. Foreign Debt & Foreign Aid ? Find and discuss the debt indicators outlined on pp.460-1 ? Is there evidence of “debt overhang”? ? Summarize your country’s foreign debt position---sustainable or not? ? What types and how much foreign aid does your country receive, and from whom? Bi-lateral/multilateral? What are recent trends? ? Uses of foreign aid – on what? ? Has Foreign Aid been successful in spurring economic growth and development? At achieving other objectives (explain)? ? How much foreign debt? From what countries/sources? ? Can it handle debt service on foreign debt? ? How much is private debt and how much is Sovereign Debt? ? What is the country’s CREDIT RATING? ? Any current debt policies in place or under consideration?