Inventories in Developing Countries : Levels and Determinants--A Red Flag for Competitiveness and Growth

Raw materials inventories in the manufacturing sector in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s were two to five times as high in developing countries as in the United States, despite the fact that in most developing countries real interest rates are at least...

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Main Authors:	Guasch, J. Luis, Kogan, Joseph
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACTUAL COSTS AFFILIATES AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE INVENTORY CD COMMODITY COMPETITIVENESS COST OF CAPITAL CURRENT EXPENDITURES DEFICITS DELIVERIES DELIVERY TIMES DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM FIXED COSTS FREIGHT GDP GDP DEFLATOR GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE HANDLING IMPORTS INCOME INEFFICIENCY INFLATION INFLATION RATE INFLATION RATES INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERMEDIATE GOODS INVENTORIES INVENTORY INVENTORY HOLDING COSTS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT INVENTORY MODELS INVENTORY SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING MARGINAL COST MARKET PRICES MATHEMATICAL MODELS NOMINAL INTEREST RATES OPTIMIZATION ORDERING PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC ENTERPRISES QUALITY ASSESSMENT QUALITY CONTROL SAFETY STOCK SAVINGS SHIPMENTS STOCKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS TIME SERIES TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSPORT WORKING CAPITAL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1003163/inventories-developing-countries-levels-determinants-red-flag-competitiveness-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19711

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Inventories in Developing Countries : Levels and Determinants--A Red Flag for Competitiveness and Growth

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