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2.2 Action Required:
Major multinational organizations attempt to track global capital investment’s relative
movements and magnitudes. Using these Web pages and others, you may find,
The World Bank www.worldbank.org
OECD www.oecd.org
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development www.ebrd.org
2.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):
?Could you prepare a short executive briefing on whether capital generated in industrialized
countries is finding its way to less developed and emerging markets? Is there some critical
distinction between “less-developed” and “emerging”?
3.2 Action Required:
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Use the following Bureau of Economic Analysis
(U.S. government) and the Ministry of Finance (Saudi government) Web sites to find the
most recent balance of payments statistics for both countries.
Bureau of Economic Analysis www.bea.gov/international/
Ministry of Finance: https://www.mof.gov.sa/en/Pages/default.aspx
3.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):
?áudi ArabiaàQ1 current account hits 8-year high, thanks to oil sales What do you think
about the prospects of Saudi Arabian economic development?
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4.2 Action Required:
Watch the short video at the following link:

4.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):
?It has been claimed that failures in corporate governance have hampered the growth and
profitability of some prominent firms in emerging markets. What are some typical causes of
these failures in corporate governance?

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