The objectives of this Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) are to: (i) provide an up-to-date, fact-based analysis of …

-based growth and most importantly, poverty reduction. It does this by combining an assessment of the investment climate faced by …

This Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) uses a robust methodology that draws on a representative sample of 484 formal …

The survey on Lao private sector and investment climate covered 303 firms in six sectors and seven provinces (Vientiane … sectors, which traditionally have larger firms and more foreign investment, most firms in the sample were domestic small and … medium enterprises (SMEs). The survey provided three types of information useful for the Investment Climate Assessment …

Improving the investment climate in Ecuador is essential for taking advantage of the opportunities provided by a Free … productivity growth and foreign direct investment. A free trade agreement with the U.S. would provide an important opportunity for …, in turn, that Ecuador manages to improve its overall investment climate, so that resources can move towards the sectors …

of investment climate constraints on firm performance. The report presents policy recommendations based on national and … international data sources, the survey analysis and other Economic and Sector Work done by the Bank. In almost all investment … transportation and other logistic costs. Statistical analysis indicates that improvements in all four areas of the investment climate …

of investment climate constraints on firm performance. The report presents policy recommendations based on national and … international data sources, the survey analysis and other Economic and Sector Work done by the Bank. In almost all investment … transportation and other logistic costs. Statistical analysis indicates that improvements in all four areas of the investment climate …

The objective of the Lesotho Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to evaluate the investment climate in Lesotho in … all its operational dimensions and promote policies to strengthen the private sector. By comparing the investment climate … in Lesotho to investment climates in other countries, it is possible to observe areas were Lesotho performs relatively …

This investment climate assessment is part of a series of analytical works on prepared by the World Bank with the aim … three pieces of work undertaken in parallel in Algeria between January 2002 and march 2003: an investment climate survey of …, ownership, sector and age). It also estimates the effect of the investment climate on productivity and wages. Summaries of the …

The objective of this Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to (1) provide Serbian experts in academia and in … government, as well as Bank staff, with an empirical analysis of the investment climate in Serbia; and (2) to discuss policy …-wide effort, managed and funded by the Investment Climate Unit of the Investment Climate Department, to analyze the effects of …