investment to at least 26.6 percent of GDP from 22 percent in 2016-17. Despite the fact that the government has implemented … processes are regulated by over 36 agencies such as the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), Office of the … and operational planning. These challenges affect Bangladesh's competitiveness and reputation as an investment destination …

profitability, and encourage more investment, including FDI, in Russian agriculture. In practical terms, this report has identified …, competitiveness, investment, and exports: investing in broadening productivity gains in priority sectors, strengthening value chains … and value-addition in the food industry, and promoting human capital in rural areas through capacity building in …

the links between four components of sector reform (unbundling, private sector participation, regulation, and competition … competition is not generally significant across studies. A notable feature of all of the studies is very limited testing of the …

regulation can promote competition in mutual funds (MFs) distribution. In many emerging market economics (EMEs) where both the … manufacture. However, different forces are opening the doors to competition in the distribution channels including (i) a higher … mobile services; and (iii) regulatory reforms, some of them explicitly aimed at increasing competition. These forces are …

be enabling anticompetitive behavior. Limited market competition can stem from restrictive regulations or discretionary …The objective of this report is to identify existing regulatory restraints to competition in key sectors and the … economy as a whole and use them to design an effective competition policy for the Philippines. The report builds on Product …

anticompetitive behavior and restrictive regulatory frameworks by a fewdominant players. Effective competition policies offer a tool … to complement and support governments' efforts to reduce barriers to trade. Active competition among market players has … the potential to mitigate vested interests and facilitate the opening of markets to trade and investment. Greater …

This paper is the first one to show the effects of services regulations on downstream firms in the goods and services … relatively services-oriented and show varying degrees of services regulations over time, namely the European Union. The paper …, which the paper calls conduct regulations. The latter appear to play the most important role in explaining downstream …

regulation; and (ii) effectively enforcing competition law. The main focus of this report is the identification of regulations … regulations that affect market competition in select sectors and topical areas. The report stems from the policy dialogue with … regulations that create obstacles to competition. It also provides estimates of the potential benefits of reforming product market …