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Fiscal Consolidation to Accelerate Growth and Support Inclusive Development : Ghana Public Expenditure Review
World Bank - 2017
Ghana has experienced an extended period of robust growth since the early 2000s, supported by a favorable external … a surge in per capita income, Ghana graduated from low-income to lower-middle-income status. Despite the key role of the … extractive industries, recent growth has been relatively inclusive, and Ghana achieved its Millennium Development Goal of halving …
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Caribbean countries: economic situation, regional issues, and capital flows
1988 - 1. print
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The Cost of Doing Business in Africa : Evidence from the World Bank???s Investment Climate Data
World Bank - 2012
This paper looks at firm-level evidence on the African business environment from surveys undertaken for Investment Climate Assessments by the World Bank in 2000-2004. These surveys confirm a pattern of generally low "factory-floor" productivity, and show that this is partly due to business...
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Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2003 : Investing to Unlock Global Opportunities
World Bank - 2013
Strong cyclical dynamics, together with an easing of macroeconomic policies in the United States and elsewhere, have boosted large parts of the global economy, into the initial phase of a recovery in 2002. Nonetheless, the global recovery is fragile, because investment spending is insufficient...
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Foreign direct investment, regulations, and growth
Busse, Matthias - 2006
"This paper explores the linkage between income growth rates and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. So far the evidence is rather mixed, as no robust relationship between FDI and income growth has been established. The authors argue that countries need a sound business environment in the...
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Investment climate, growth, and poverty
Pleskovic, Boris (contributor);  … - Berlin Workshop <(6th:2003)> - 2005
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Trade, investment, and development in the Middle East and North Africa : engaging with the world
Das Gupta, Dipak (contributor);  … - 2003
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Tunisia's global integration : a second generation of reforms to boost growth and employment
2009
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Cambodia - A Better Investment Climate to Sustain Growth : Second Investment Climate Assessment
World Bank - 2012
The objectives of this Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) are to: (i) provide an up-to-date, fact-based analysis of the business environment for policy-makers in the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), the private sector, civil society, and development partners; and (ii) outline priorities for...
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Zambia Second Investment Climate Assessment : Business Environment Issues in Diversifying Growth
World Bank - 2009
This assessment of Zambia's investment climate highlights some of the impediments to growth and export diversification in the current business environment in the country. It is based on an analysis of enterprise survey data specifically collected for the purpose, namely, the World Bank's Zambia...
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