This twelfth annual survey of emerging stock markets, prepared by the Emerging Markets Group of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is the premier source of its kind. It provides essential coverage of stock market characteristics for the 45 markets covered by the IFC's three highly regarded stock market indexes -- the Global, Investable, and Frontier Index series. The 350-page volume also provides basic information on "pre-emerging" stock markets in other developing countries, as well as data from developed country stock markets. Many of the tables and charts draw on data collected from more than 100 stock exchanges surveyed annually by the IFC. Appendixes include information from IFC's Emerging Markets Data Base (EMDB) on investment restrictions, tax issues, and trading costs in emerging markets.
