But China and Russia, who are have been setting up new SWF's, are set to make bigger and more ambitious purchases through state-owned companies like Gazprom and the China Development Bank (CDB).
Over the past few years, state-owned financial institutions, mainly the Export-Import Bank of China and the China Development Bank, have extended tens of billions of dollars to Brazil, Russia and Kazakhstan, among other countries.
Perhaps most intriguing was the presence of a Chinese bidder, reportedly China Development Bank, in the race for Dresdner.
China Exim Bank and China Development Bank, the main lenders, publish no figures about their vast loans to poor countries.
Investors in the share offering included CIC International, Boyu Capital and CITIC Capital, as well as CDB Capital, the equity investment arm of China Development Bank.
China Development Bank replaced the head of its Hong Kong branch, weeks after the lender began to reconsider its role in the deal to buy a Ping An stake.
The trick, though, is to find the proper angle from which to view the debt of such issuers as China Development Bank, Gazprom, Hyundai Motor, Petroleos de Venezuela, and Telefonos Mexico.
According to the Inter-American Development Bank, China's trade barriers are generally in line with those of other developing countries and are gradually being lowered.
Jong-Wha Lee and Kiseok Hong of the Asian Development Bank project that if China continues its structural reforms, it has the potential to grow at 7 percent in 2011-2020 and 6.23 percent in 2021-2030.
Following in the footsteps of downgrades by other intergovernmental organizations, the Asian Development Bank cut its growth forecast for Asia's developing economies, including China, India and South Korea, to 3.4%, from 5.6%, marking the slowest pace in a decade.
In addition to his research in the U.S., he conducts research in Chile and China, and has consulted with UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank concerning early childhood care and education in global contexts.
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The report credits Mr Zoellick with proposing in 2010 that the bank and government should work on a joint project on challenges to China's longer-term development.
There is also a lot of upbeat coverage in The Beijing News, China Daily and other media on a mooted Brics reserve fund, as well as a development bank that will finance infrastructure projects among the five members as well as developing countries.
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