PRINT THIS PAGE The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 200813/02/2008. Source: World Economic Forum. 
This collection of working papers is published by the World Economic Forum and is the result of collaboration with faculties at various academic institutions. The research finds that the total value of firms (both equity and debt) acquired in leveraged buy-outs is estimated to be $3.6tn from 1970 to 2007, of which $2.7tn worth of transactions occurred between 2001 and 2007. Many private equity firms have expanded dramatically in size and global reach and the sector has attracted attention from many other players, such as politicians, regulators and organised labour.
Just over two years ago, in recognition of the increasingly important role and impact of private equity and other alternative asset class investors on the global environment, the World Economic Forum launched its first new industry group in over 10 years, focused on the Investors Industry. The objective was to take advantage of our organization’s multistakeholder platform and link these industry players with the diverse constituents already engaged with the Forum. Over 30 companies from the sector have since joined the World Economic Forum’s Investors Industry Partnership, committing to discuss key issues on a global and crosssectoral basis and engage in dialogue, research and action
to address them.
The research on the “Global Economic Impact of Private Equity” represented in this first volume of Working Papers was undertaken as part of the World Economic Forum’s Globalization of Alternative Investments project, which is the first mandated by the Investors Industry Partnership. The analyses and case studies herein were designed to help bring a common, rigorous fact-base to a set of complex issues related to private equity and its economic impact in order to contribute to a healthy financial ecosystem. Some are provocative and raise as many questions as they answer. All are meant to encourage a practical and policy-based dialogue on the role of private equity firms and investments. They raise policy issues about innovation, employment and governance, and provide examples and data from both the developed and developing world. Collectively, they provide as detailed and comprehensive an overview of private equity activity as is available today.
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The working papers in this volume are the work of the authors and do not represent the views of the World Economic Forum.
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