of Serbia to examine the relationship between productivity, the investment climate, and private ownership of firms. As …. Identification of the relative effects of various investment climate constraints and ownership on productivity should serve as a …, according to the econometric analysis of productivity reported by the authors, private ownership is an equally or more important …

policy and lack of respect for property rights on investors that have already invested in Serbia could cause serious harm. … government, as well as Bank staff, with an empirical analysis of the investment climate in Serbia; and (2) to discuss policy … increasing and maintaining enterprise productivity and profitability leading to sustainable growth. The study is part of a Bank …

first propose three measures of firms' productive performance: labor productivity, total factor productivity, and technical … countries in the sample. The exception is Morocco, whose various measures of firm-level productivity rank close to the ones of …

"This study measures the impact of investment climate factors on total factor productivity (TFP) of firms in Brazil and … productivity. In both countries, and in a variety of industry groups, indicators of poor investment climate, especially delays in …

"Developing countries are increasingly concerned about improving country competitiveness and productivity as they face … and imputing their impact on productivity, in order to prioritize policy reforms for enhancing competitiveness. Given the … of using different productivity measures based on data at the firm level. Their main objective is to develop a …

productivity and competitiveness. The Poland Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is the first ICA piloted in the World Bank …

Productivity and Investment Climate Survey in 2007 (PICS-II) to assess whether and how the investment environment had changed since …

American standards. Productivity and export growth has been disappointing. The Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA …

-floor" productivity, and show that this is partly due to business environment-related losses. The surveys also show the importance of high … indirect costs in further depressing the "net" productivity of African firms relative to those in other regions. Reforms are …