The Developing countries equity markets have undergone immense changes in recent years. International investors have purchased emerging-market equity shares at exceptional rates, tripling the value of their emerging-market equity portfolios between 1989 and 1992. Bigger foreign investment in rising markets has tightened their price linkages to the international financial centers. Partly as a result of these changes, emerging markets have matured considerably, achieving increased market size and an increased capacity to support equity issuance.
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