-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource … energy-efficiency issues as this is the particular focus of the World Bank's Climate Competitive Industries program, and is …

integration in other parts of the world. International development institutions like the World Bank Group can play an important …

Limited competition hinders the optimal use of telecommunication services in the Dominican Republic, which lags peer … countries in mobile subscriptions and internet penetration. Despite recent reforms designed to enhance competition, the …, prices for both mobile communications and fixed broadband are higher in the DR than in peer countries. Following the World …

economic growth. In general, Mexico's federal government has a solid competition policy framework in place. Subnational … increase the cost of doing business. The World Bank Group (WBG) was requested to address a critical gap and to pilot a reform …-oriented engagement on competition policy at the subnational level. WBG engaged to motivate an actionable reform plan that can unlock …

triggered by the financial crisis that has unfolded over the past two years has not spared the developing world. Yet, the … developing world. As a result, FDI to developing countries is expected to recover over the medium term. Investors from the …

, and policy developments. It also highlights recent FDI publications by the World Bank and other organizations. This FDI …

report focuses on the direct impact of the war on world trade and investment. It identifies five trade and investment …. The report finds that world trade will drop by 1 percent, lowering global GDP by 0.7 percent and GDP of low …

injecting competition and transparency in private participation in infrastructure. The most important reforms are questions of …