{"product_id":"9780821394533","title":"Global Development Finance 2012: External Debt of Developing Countries","description":"Global Development Finance 2012:  \u003cbr\u003eExternal Debt of Developing Countries is  \u003cbr\u003ea continuation of the World Bank's publications  \u003cbr\u003eGlobal Development Finance, Volume II (1997  \u003cbr\u003ethrough 2009) and the earlier World Debt Tables  \u003cbr\u003e(1973 through 1996). As in previous years,  \u003cbr\u003eGDF 2012 provides statistical tables showing  \u003cbr\u003ethe external debt of 129 developing countries  \u003cbr\u003ethat report public and publicly guaranteed  \u003cbr\u003eexternal debt to the World Bank's Debtor  \u003cbr\u003eReporting System (DRS). It also includes  \u003cbr\u003etables of key debt ratios for individual reporting  \u003cbr\u003ecountries and the composition of external  \u003cbr\u003edebt stocks and flows for individual reporting  \u003cbr\u003ecountries and regional and income groups  \u003cbr\u003ealong with some graphical presentations.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eGDF 2012 draws on a database maintained  \u003cbr\u003eby the World Bank External Debt (WBXD)  \u003cbr\u003esystem. Longer time series and more detailed  \u003cbr\u003edata are available from the Global Development  \u003cbr\u003eFinance 2012 on CD-ROM and the World  \u003cbr\u003eBank open databases, which contain more than  \u003cbr\u003e200 time series indicators, covering the years  \u003cbr\u003e1970 to 2010 for most reporting countries,  \u003cbr\u003eand pipeline data for scheduled debt service  \u003cbr\u003epayments on existing commitments to 2018.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eThe database covers external debt stocks  \u003cbr\u003eand flows, major economic aggregates, and  \u003cbr\u003ekey debt ratios, as well as average terms of  \u003cbr\u003enew commitments, currency composition  \u003cbr\u003eof longterm debt, and debt restructurings in  \u003cbr\u003egreater detail than can be included in the GDF  \u003cbr\u003ebook. The CD-ROM also contains the full  \u003cbr\u003econtents of the print version of GDF 2012.  \u003cbr\u003eText providing country notes, definitions, and  \u003cbr\u003esource information is linked to each table.  \u003cbr\u003eWorld Bank open databases are available  \u003cbr\u003ethrough the World Bank's website,   \u003cbr\u003eworldbank.org. The Little Data Book on  \u003cbr\u003eExternal Debt 2012 provides a quick reference  \u003cbr\u003eto the data from GDF 2012. For more  \u003cbr\u003einformation on the GDF database, CD-ROM,  \u003cbr\u003eand print publications go to publications.  \u003cbr\u003eworldbank.org\/ecommerce\/.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eGlobal Development Finance 2012: External  \u003cbr\u003eDebt of Developing Countries is unique in its  \u003cbr\u003ecoverage of the important trends and issues  \u003cbr\u003efundamental to the financing of the developing  \u003cbr\u003eworld. This report is an indispensible resource  \u003cbr\u003efor governments, economists, investors, financial  \u003cbr\u003econsultants, academics, bankers, and the entire  \u003cbr\u003edevelopment community.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eFurther details about the GDF 2012 can be found at  \u003cbr\u003edata.worldbank.org\/.","brand":"World Bank Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080953872624,"sku":"9780821394533","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780821394533_p0.jpg?v=1763743860","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780821394533","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}