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Article: A world in which 'frugal capital' reigns.
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- Directors & Boards
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- January 1, 1993
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With capital scarce and demands limitless, the main untapped source of financing for the developing countries is the risk-taking equity investor.
Consider the following opportunities and challenges confronting the global capital markets. The United States needs capital to finance economic recovery and rebuild aging infrastructure. The other major industrial countries, especially a newly unified Germany and a financially chastened Japan, face considerable public and private investment requirements of their own that will generate a formidable demand for capital. Many of the largest developing countries of Latin America and Asia are moving into a new stage of ...