The objective of this report is to explore firm competitiveness, the investment climate, and growth in Malaysia. This … report is structured as follows. The first two chapters provide an assessment of the investment climate. The last two … on the survey data as well as on cross-country comparisons. Chapter 1 reports on the investment climate and firm …

Mexico needs to broaden and deepen its financial system without compromising the financial stability gains of the last … decade. Much more private investment is needed to transform the economy to boost productivity, and despite improvements in … streamlining key regulations for firms are key to increasing Mexico's competitiveness. This note provides a medium-term agenda for …

The chapters, or "policy notes," of this report, creating the foundations for equitable growth in Mexico 2006-2012, are … dedicated to trying to solve parts of the puzzle as to why Mexico's level of economic development has failed to approach the … from the eleven chapters of this report. There are three themes that are highlighted: 1) Mexico can do better; 2) Mexico is …

participation in various societal institutions on microfirm performance in Mexico. They find that firms that participate in credit …

The conclusions of the recently-conducted Kenya Investment Climate Assessment (ICA), based on a survey of 368 firms …

competitiveness; iii. The country's attractiveness to foreign direct investment, despite significant progress in the business … instruments to facilitate the promotion of export and investment led by the private sector. The second volume emphasizes (i) the …