Avinash Persaud – Chairman of Intelligence Capital Ltd and Elara Capital Ltd, and Executive Fellow at the London Business School

We asked Avinash about the prospects for cross-border capital flows to the poorest and most vulnerable countries. Avinash identifies two forces behind decreases in cross-border private capital flows: (1) increased banking regulation and increased host country regulation, and (2) rising interest rate expectations in developed countries. He concludes that the next couple of years will be difficult period for LDCs to attract international private sector capital flows.