A Better Investment Climate For Everyone

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9780821356821

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World Development Report 2005 by World Bank Pdf

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.

Author : Warrick Smith,World Bank
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822033952771

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World Development Report 2005 by Warrick Smith,World Bank Pdf

The 'World Development Report 2005' is a useful guide to the economic, social and environmental state of the world today. It provides an in-depth analysis of a specific aspect of development.

Author : The World Bank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0821360051

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World Development Report 2005 by The World Bank Pdf

Author : Geeta Batra,Daniel Kaufmann,Andrew H. W. Stone
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Globalization
ISBN : 082135390X

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Investment climate around the world by Geeta Batra,Daniel Kaufmann,Andrew H. W. Stone Pdf

"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.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 858662621X

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RELATÓRIO sobre o desenvolvimento mundial by World Bank Pdf

Melhorando o clima de investimento; Assegurando condições básicas; Indo além do básico? Como a comunidade internacional pode ajudar; Indicadores selecionados.

Author : Bruce Usher
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231553827

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Investing in the Era of Climate Change by Bruce Usher Pdf

A climate catastrophe can be avoided, but only with a rapid and sustained investment in companies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To the surprise of many, this has already begun. Investors are abandoning fossil-fuel companies and other polluting industries and financing businesses offering climate solutions. Rising risks, evolving social norms, government policies, and technological innovation are all accelerating this movement of capital. Bruce Usher offers an indispensable guide to the risks and opportunities for investors as the world faces climate change. He explores the role that investment plays in reducing emissions to net zero by 2050, detailing how to finance the winners and avoid the losers in a transforming global economy. Usher argues that careful examination of climate solutions will offer investors a new and necessary lens on the future for their own financial benefit and for the greater good. Companies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions will create great wealth, and, more importantly, they will provide a lifeline for humanity. Grounded in academic and industry research, Usher’s insights bring clarity to a complex and controversial topic while illuminating the people behind the numbers. This book sets out a practical and actionable plan for investors that will alter the course of climate change.

Author : World Bank World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464806292

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Investment Climate Reforms by World Bank World Bank Pdf

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.

Author : Rob Mills,Qimiao Fan
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Bank Policy
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Investment Climate in Post-conflict Situations by Rob Mills,Qimiao Fan Pdf

Abstract: This paper is a policy review of the role of investment climate in post-conflict situations. It summarizes the broad range of ways in which conflict negatively affects the investment climate, from macroeconomic instability to a degraded regulatory framework. It stresses that attention needs to be paid to the broader "enabling environment," including institutions, governance, capacity, and social capital. It suggests that a vibrant private sector underpinned by a good investment climate is particularly important in the post-conflict recovery phase for three reasons: it generates employment, provides public services where the state has retrenched, and builds social capital. By addressing these important "greed and grievance" factors, the private sector helps reduce the likelihood of a return to conflict. The paper concludes by distilling key lessons relating to the management of the post-conflict reform process. Despite the importance of a good investment climate, greater effort is needed to ensure that private sector development reforms are included in the first round of post-conflict policymaking. Local ownership of reforms and enhanced local capacity to implement them is key to sustainable improvements in the investment climate. Development partners have an important role to play in facilitating dialogue and promoting partnerships between public and private sector stakeholders. At the same time, development partners need to ensure that their presence in fragile post-conflict economies does not damage the very sector they are trying to support.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264273528

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Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth by OECD Pdf

This report provides an assessment of how governments can generate inclusive economic growth in the short term, while making progress towards climate goals to secure sustainable long-term growth. It describes the development pathways required to meet the Paris Agreement objectives.

Author : Pablo Fajnzylber,Jose Luis Guasch,J. Humberto Lopez
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821374125

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Does the Investment Climate Matter? by Pablo Fajnzylber,Jose Luis Guasch,J. Humberto Lopez Pdf

Although the Latin American region's growth rates are at a three decade high, they have been historically disappointing in relative terms, which cannot be dissociated from the microeconomic environment in which firms operate. Policy makers may need to complement their focus on macroeconomic stability with an increased emphasis on microeconomic reforms. By providing empirical evidence linking actual firm performance to shortcomings in Latin America's investment climate, the book discusses policies that could have a significant impact on firm productivity by improving the environment in which firms invest and operate.

Author : Itzhak Goldberg,Branko Radulovic,Mark Schaffer
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Productivity, Ownership and the Investment Climate by Itzhak Goldberg,Branko Radulovic,Mark Schaffer Pdf

Author : Kristin Hallberg
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821362839

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Improving Investment Climates by Kristin Hallberg Pdf

This evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank Group in helping its member countries improve their investment climates, within the context of the World Bank Group's overall mission of poverty reduction and sustainable development.

Author : Sunita Kikeri
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Reforming the Investment Climate by Sunita Kikeri Pdf

"Most people agree that a good investment climate is essential for growth and poverty reduction. Less clear is how to achieve it. Many reforms are complex, involving more than technical design and content. They are both political, facing opposition from organized and powerful groups-and institutionally demanding, cutting across different departments and levels of government. Reform thus requires paying as much attention to understanding the politics and institutional dimensions as to policy substance, which is the goal of this paper. Drawing from more than 25 case studies, it shows that there is no single recipe or "manual" for reform, given diverse contexts and serendipity in any reform effort. But three broad lessons emerge. The first is to recognize and seize opportunities for reform. Crisis and new governments are important catalysts, but so is the competition generated by trade integration and new benchmarking information. The second is to invest early in the politics of reform. Central to this process is using education and persuasion strategies to gain wider acceptance and neutralize opponents. Pilot programs can be valuable for demonstrating the benefits and feasibility of change. And the third is to pay greater attention to implementation and monitoring. This does not require full scale public management reforms. Reformers can draw on private sector change management techniques to revitalize public institutions responsible for implementation. Given the cross-cutting nature of reform, new oversight mechanisms may be needed to monitor and sustain reform. The paper concludes with an emerging checklist for reformers and identifies areas for future work. "--World Bank web site.

Author : Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius,Boris Pleskovi?,World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0821359576

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Investment Climate, Growth, and Poverty by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius,Boris Pleskovi?,World Bank Pdf

Author : Andrew Beath,Kathrin Frauscher,Michael Jarvis,José Guilherme dos Reis
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821373644

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The Investment Climate in Brazil, India, and South Africa by Andrew Beath,Kathrin Frauscher,Michael Jarvis,José Guilherme dos Reis Pdf

A strong investment climate is a platform for economic success. By creating opportunities and setting incentives for firms to invest and productively employ inputs, the investment climate is critical to economic growth and prosperity. Analyzing and comparing the investment climate of Brazil, India, and South Africa, three of today's largest emerging economies, this book presents policy makers with the scope of investment climate reforms in these countries. Inter- and intra-country benchmarking can be a starting point for dialogue between the government and private sector on reform priorities and help to encourage the sharing of best practices. Our hope is that this book will encourage and facilitate reform steps that can improve the investment climate in emerging economies.