Drawing on recently completed firm-level surveys in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, Pakistan, and Peru, Dollar, Hallward-Driemeier, and Mengistae investigate the relationship between investment climate and international integration. These standardized surveys of large,...

Drawing on recently completed firm-level surveys in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, Pakistan, and Peru, this paper investigates the relationship between investment climate and international integration. These standardized surveys of large, random samples of firms in common...

This report is based on an investment climate survey conducted in 2002 in five Chinese cities (Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Tianjin), and a follow-up survey conducted in 2003 in 18 cities. This project is part of a larger effort in the World Bank Group to help countries assess...