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Investment Climate Around the World
Author | : Geeta Batra,Daniel Kaufmann,Andrew W. H. Stone |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:1293435967 |
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Investment Climate Around the World
Author | : Geeta Batra,Daniel Kaufmann,Andrew H. W. Stone |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : UCSD:31822033138231 |
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The World Business Environment Survey (WBES) was launched in 1998 to evaluate the investment climate by measuring the state of investment from 10,000 firms across 80 countries and one territory. Areas such as the business and governance environment, the quality of public service and enterprise performance are compared. The publication also includes the original questionnaire from which the survey findings are compiled. A CD-ROM provides the complete WBES core database.
World Development Report 2005
Author | : World Bank |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Economic development |
ISBN | : 9780821356821 |
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Firms and entrepreneurs of all types-from microenterprises to multinationals-play a central role in growth and poverty reduction. Their investment decisions drive job creation, the availability and affordability of goods and services for consumers, and the tax revenues governments can draw on to fund health, education, and other services. Their contribution depends largely on the way governments shape the investment climate in each location-through the protection of property rights, regulation and taxation, strategies for providing infrastructure, interventions in finance and labor markets, and broader governance features such as corruption. The World Development Report 2005 argues that improving the investment climates of their societies should be a top priority for governments. Drawing on surveys of nearly 30,000 firms in 53 developing countries, country case studies, and other new research, the Report explores questions such as: What are the key features of a good investment climate, and how do they influence growth and poverty? What can governments do to improve their investment climates, and how can they go about tackling such a broad agenda? What has been learned about good practice in each of the main areas of the investment climate? What role might selective interventions and international arrangements play in improving the investment climate? What can the international community do to help developing countries improve the investment climates of their societies? In addition to detailed chapters exploring these and related issues, the Report contains selected data from the World Bank's new program of Investment Climate Surveys, the Bank's Doing Business Project, and World Development Indicators 2004-an appendix of economic and social data for over 200 countries. This Report offers practical insights for policymakers, executives, scholars, and all those with an interest in economic development.
The Investment Climate and the Firm
Author | : Mary Hallward-Driemeier,Scott J. Wallsten,Lixin Colin Xu |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Business enterprises |
ISBN | : 9182736450XXX |
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The importance of a country's "investment climate" for economic growth has recently received much attention. Hallward-Driemeier, Wallsten, and Xu address the general lack of appropriate data for measuring the investment climate and its effects. The authors use a new survey of 1,500 Chinese enterprises in five cities to more precisely define and measure components of the investment climate, highlight the importance of firm-level data for rigorous analysis of the investment climate, and investigate empirically the effects of this comprehensive set of measures on firm performance in China. Overall, their firm-level analysis reveals that the main determinants of firm performance in China are international integration, entry and exit, labor market issues, technology use, and access to external finance. This paper--a product of Investment Climate, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the investment climate using firm-level datasets.
Investment climate around the world
Author | : Geeta Batra,Daniel Kaufmann,Andrew H. W. Stone |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Globalization |
ISBN | : 082135390X |
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"The analysis of firm-level data collected through parallel international enterprise surveys can reveal important linkages between governance constraints and business growth and investment. The World Business Environment Survey (WBES), an initiative led by the World Bank Group in 1999 and 2000, collected enterprise data from more than 10,000 firms in 80 countries and one territory. Econometric analysis of responses to that survey points to a strong association between corruption, financing, regulatory and tax constraints, policy uncertainty, and protection of intellectual property rights with firm-level performance, as measured by sales and investment growth and participation in the formal economy." --Résumé de l'éditeur.
Investment Climate and International Integration
Author | : David Dollar,Mary Hallward-Driemeier,Taye Mengistae |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Infrastructure (Economics) |
ISBN | : 9782004072818 |
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Reforming the Investment Climate
Author | : Sunita Kikeri,Thomas John Kenyon,Vincent Palmade |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780821368381 |
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This paper analyzes the administrative, political and technical challenges involved in passing and implementing investment climate reforms in developing countries. Drawing on more than 25 case studies, the authors emphasize the role of international bench-marking in triggering reform, the importance of pilot projects for policy learning and experimentation and the need to treat implementation and monitoring as an integral part of the reform process and not merely as an afterthought
Investment Climate Reforms
Author | : World Bank World Bank |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2015-11-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781464806292 |
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Private firms are at the forefront of the development process, providing more than 90 percent of jobs, supplying goods and services, and representing a significant source of tax revenues. Their ability to grow, create jobs, and reduce poverty depends critically on a well-functioning investment climate--defined as the policy, legal, and institutional arrangements underpinning the functioning of markets and the level of transaction costs and risks associated with starting, operating, and closing a business. The World Bank Group has provided extensive support to investment climate reforms. This evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) assesses the relevance, effectiveness, and social value of World Bank Group support to investment climate reforms as it relates to concerns for inclusion and shared prosperity. IEG finds that the World Bank Group has supported a comprehensive menu of investment climate reforms and has improved investment climate in countries, as measured by number of laws enacted, streamlining of processes and time, or simple cost savings for private firms. However, the impact on investment, jobs, business formation, and growth is not straightforward. Regulatory reforms need to be designed and implemented with both economic and social costs and benefits in mind; IEG found that, in practice, World Bank Group support focuses predominantly on reducing costs to businesses. In supporting investment climate reforms, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation use two distinct but complementary business models. Despite the fact that investment climate is the most integrated business unit in the World Bank Group, coordination is mostly informal, relying mainly on personal contacts. IEG recommends that the World Bank Group expand its range of diagnostic tools and integrate them in the areas of the business environment not yet covered by existing tools; develop an approach to identify the social effects of regulatory reforms on all groups expected to be affected by them beyond the business community; and exploit synergies by ensuring that World Bank and IFC staff improve their understanding of each other's work and business models.