Continuing Reforms to Stimulate Private Sector Investment : A Private Sector Assessment for Solomon Islands

Cover -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Table -- 1 Reform Priorities -- 2 Key Challenges and Recommendations -- B1 Policy Framework for Private Sector Investment -- C1 Progress Addressing Key Concerns Identified in the 2005 Private Sector Assessment -- D1 Summary of Infrastructure Services in Solomon Islands -- D2 Proposed Priority Infrastructure Investments, 2013-2020 -- D3 Electricity Cost Comparison for Selected Pacific Island Countries -- D4 Telephone and Internet Subscription Rates for Selected Pacific Island Countries -- E1 Solomon Islands: State-Owned Enterprise Performance Indicators, 2012 -- F1 Tax System Characteristics for Selected Pacific Island Countries -- I1 Selected Solomon Islands Banking Sector Indicators, 2011-2014 -- I2 Domestic Credit to Private Sector by Banks (% GDP) in Selected Pacific Island Countries -- Figures -- A1 Comparative Gross National Income per Capita -- A2 Solomon Islands Real GDP Growth, 2002-2013 -- A3 Sector Contributions to GDP at Current Prices, 2007-2012 -- A4 Official Development Assistance Received as a Proportion of Gross National Income, 2005-2012 -- Boxes -- E1 Successful Examples of State-Owned Enterprise Privatization in the Pacific Islands Region -- E2 Business Activities Reserved for Solomon Islander Investors under the Foreign Investment Act 2005 -- G1 Example of Successful Business-Landowner/Community Engagement -- I1 Moveable Asset-Based Lending to Finance the Cocoa Industry in Solomon Islands -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Continuing Reforms to Stimulate Private Sector Investment -- Introduction -- Challenges and Recommendations -- Strengthen Policy Development -- Improve Infrastructure -- Restructure State-Owned Enterprises -- Encourage Conditions that Support Competition -- Modernize the Tax System -- Facilitate Access to Customary Land.