Search Results - subject:"regulatory barriers"

Patterns of business creation, survival and growth: Evidence from Africa

Klapper, Leora; Richmond, Christine - In: Labour Economics 18 (2011) S1, pp. 32-32

We study firm dynamics using a novel database of all formally registered firms in Cote d'Ivoire from 1977 to 1997, which account for about 60% of GDP. First, we examine entry and exit patterns and the role of new and exiting firms versus incumbents in job creation and destruction. We find that...

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Foreign Direct Investment in Africa; Some Case Studies

Basu, Anupam; Srinivasan, Krishna - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

This paper reviews the experiences of a few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that have succeeded in attracting fairly large amounts of foreign investment. The review indicates that sustained efforts to promote political and macroeconomic stability and implement essential structural reforms have...

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Priorities and Pathways in Services Reform — Part II:Political Economy Studies

Findlay, Christopher (contributor) - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Services markets remain highly regulated and international trade and investment is restricted. Previous works have identified the scope for significant gains from trade, yet those results are often debated and the progress on reform has been slow. Parts I and II in Priorities and Pathways in...

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Priorities and Pathways in Services Reform — Part I :Quantitative Studies

Dee, Philippa (contributor) - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

introduces new, second-generation methods for quantifying regulatory barriers and applies those methods to a wide range of … Restrictions in Services (Philippa Dee)</li> <li>Impact of Regulatory Barriers to Trade in Insurance Services (Philippa Dee and Huong Dinh)</li> <li>Impact of Regulatory Barriers to Trade in Banking Services (Huong Dinh)</li> <li …

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