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Supporting Sustainable Financing and Access to Finance in Armenia

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  • Maria Atamanchuk
  • Kiichi Tokuoka

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In Armenia, both external and domestic financing face challenges. Armenia’s share of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in private external financing has declined significantly over the past decade. Access to domestic finance in Armenia is also moderate and masks important disparities. Against this background, this paper analyses the determinants of inward FDI and examines the impediments to increasing access to domestic finance. The paper confirms empirically that governance-related structural factors have a significant impact on inward FDI. Similar structural factors, informality and poor accounting practices are reported among major challenges for increasing access to finance for firms in Armenia. This paper finds that to improve financing in Armenia include: implementing structural reforms to improve the business environment, maintaining prudent macroeconomic policies, strengthening financial reporting, and improving financial inclusion through reduced informality in the economy.

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  • Maria Atamanchuk & Kiichi Tokuoka, 2023. "Supporting Sustainable Financing and Access to Finance in Armenia," IMF Working Papers 2023/004, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2023/004
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    Inward FDI; access to finance; financial inclusion; face challenge; sustainable financing; inward foreign direct investment; financing in Armenia; Armenia's share; Foreign direct investment; Business environment; Capital inflows; Loans; Global; Europe; Middle East and Central Asia;
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