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 …

practical insights in support of enhancing the climate resilience of infrastructure investment projects in Sub-Saharan Africa …. This first introductory chapter starts with an overview of the investment conditions and climatic context in the region …

commercial and investment climate factors that may affect enterprises' actual or perceived costs and risks. Both water and …

's International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) for over a decade. In fact, IFC and MIGA … supporting private investment and development impact in Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations (FCS) and identifies key factors … constraining private investment in FCS and possible trade-offs that practitioners and policy-makers need to consider. Based on its …

fragile, because investment spending is insufficient to underpin continuing growth, although long-term prospects remain … investments. International agreements on investment, and competition policies can provide benefits through reciprocity, while … agreements on investment policy are likely to have strong development effects, only if they deal with the big issues facing …