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 …

paper uses a difference-in-difference approach to assess economic impacts of a low-cost registration program in Ethiopia …, land-related investment, and rental market participation and yielded benefits significantly above the cost of …

Chinese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Africa is on the rise and Ethiopia is at the forefront of this trend. On … in May/June 2012. The survey covered various aspects of the foreign direct investment climate in Ethiopia, including … as current policies and approaches to promote incoming investment. Addressing identified obstacles could help Ethiopia to …

'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 …

Sector Investment Programs (SIPs) are an integral part of the World Bank's strategy for renewal in Africa. The …

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 …