Investment Climate Around the World : Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey
The analysis of firm-level data collected through parallel international enterprise surveys can reveal important linkages between governance constraints and business growth and investment. The World Business Environment Survey (WBES), an initiative...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Publication |
| Language: | English en_US |
| Published: |
Washington, DC: World Bank
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2386457/investment-climate-around-world-voices-firms-world-busines-environment-survey-wbes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15143 |
| id |
okr-10986-15143 |
|---|---|
| recordtype |
oai_dc |
| spelling |
okr-10986-151432021-04-23T14:03:11Z Investment Climate Around the World : Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey Batra, Geeta Kaufmann, Daniel Stone, Andrew H. W. INVESTMENT ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRES ECONOMIC GROWTH GLOBALIZATION ECONOMETRICS CORRUPTION TAXPAYERS OWNERSHIP PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FINANCE REGIONAL ANALYSIS ANTI-CORRUPTION BRIBERY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CONSTRAINTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SOCIETY COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPANY CORPORATION CORRUPT INTERESTS CORRUPTION COURT SYSTEM DIRECT INVESTMENT ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXCHANGE RATE FINANCING FINANCING CONSTRAINTS FIRM SIZE FIRMS FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE CLIMATE GOVERNANCE CONSTRAINTS GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP GOVERNMENT LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GRAND CORRUPTION GROWTH RATE INCOME INFLATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE LEGAL FORM LEGAL SYSTEM MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MICROENTERPRISES NATIONS PARLIAMENT POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY UNCERTAINTY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR GOVERNANCE POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY REFORM RETAINED EARNINGS SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL FIRMS SOCIAL COSTS SPONSORS STATE OWNERSHIP TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX AUTHORITY TAX LAWS TAX PAYMENTS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY VESTED INTERESTS The analysis of firm-level data collected through parallel international enterprise surveys can reveal important linkages between governance constraints and business growth and investment. The World Business Environment Survey (WBES), an initiative led by the World Bank Group in 1999 and 2000, collected enterprise data from more than 10,000 firms in 80 countries. Econometric analysis of responses to that survey points to a strong association between corruption, financing, regulatory and tax constraints, policy uncertainty, and protection of intellectual property rights with firm-level performance, as measured by sales and investment growth and participation in the formal economy. This book present the core WBES questionnaire and survey findings, and confirms the significance of key country conditions on the firm performance and behavior. The finding provide a basis for regional comparison, but suggest the need for caution when averaging across categories, especially in light of country conditions that can significantly affect firm-level sales and investment. 2013-08-16T21:00:43Z 2013-08-16T21:00:43Z 2003 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2386457/investment-climate-around-world-voices-firms-world-busines-environment-survey-wbes 0-8213-5390-X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15143 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication |
| repository_type |
Digital Repository |
| institution_category |
Foreign Institution |
| institution |
Digital Repositories |
| building |
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository |
| collection |
World Bank |
| language |
English en_US |
| topic |
INVESTMENT ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRES ECONOMIC GROWTH GLOBALIZATION ECONOMETRICS CORRUPTION TAXPAYERS OWNERSHIP PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FINANCE REGIONAL ANALYSIS ANTI-CORRUPTION BRIBERY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CONSTRAINTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SOCIETY COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPANY CORPORATION CORRUPT INTERESTS CORRUPTION COURT SYSTEM DIRECT INVESTMENT ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXCHANGE RATE FINANCING FINANCING CONSTRAINTS FIRM SIZE FIRMS FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE CLIMATE GOVERNANCE CONSTRAINTS GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP GOVERNMENT LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GRAND CORRUPTION GROWTH RATE INCOME INFLATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE LEGAL FORM LEGAL SYSTEM MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MICROENTERPRISES NATIONS PARLIAMENT POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY UNCERTAINTY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR GOVERNANCE POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY REFORM RETAINED EARNINGS SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL FIRMS SOCIAL COSTS SPONSORS STATE OWNERSHIP TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX AUTHORITY TAX LAWS TAX PAYMENTS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY VESTED INTERESTS |
| spellingShingle |
INVESTMENT ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRES ECONOMIC GROWTH GLOBALIZATION ECONOMETRICS CORRUPTION TAXPAYERS OWNERSHIP PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FINANCE REGIONAL ANALYSIS ANTI-CORRUPTION BRIBERY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CONSTRAINTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SOCIETY COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPANY CORPORATION CORRUPT INTERESTS CORRUPTION COURT SYSTEM DIRECT INVESTMENT ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXCHANGE RATE FINANCING FINANCING CONSTRAINTS FIRM SIZE FIRMS FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE CLIMATE GOVERNANCE CONSTRAINTS GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP GOVERNMENT LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GRAND CORRUPTION GROWTH RATE INCOME INFLATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE LEGAL FORM LEGAL SYSTEM MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MICROENTERPRISES NATIONS PARLIAMENT POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY UNCERTAINTY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR GOVERNANCE POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY REFORM RETAINED EARNINGS SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL FIRMS SOCIAL COSTS SPONSORS STATE OWNERSHIP TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX AUTHORITY TAX LAWS TAX PAYMENTS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY VESTED INTERESTS Batra, Geeta Kaufmann, Daniel Stone, Andrew H. W. Investment Climate Around the World : Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey |
| description |
The analysis of firm-level data
collected through parallel international enterprise surveys
can reveal important linkages between governance constraints
and business growth and investment. The World Business
Environment Survey (WBES), an initiative led by the World
Bank Group in 1999 and 2000, collected enterprise data from
more than 10,000 firms in 80 countries. Econometric analysis
of responses to that survey points to a strong association
between corruption, financing, regulatory and tax
constraints, policy uncertainty, and protection of
intellectual property rights with firm-level performance, as
measured by sales and investment growth and participation in
the formal economy. This book present the core WBES
questionnaire and survey findings, and confirms the
significance of key country conditions on the firm
performance and behavior. The finding provide a basis for
regional comparison, but suggest the need for caution when
averaging across categories, especially in light of country
conditions that can significantly affect firm-level sales
and investment. |
| format |
Publications & Research :: Publication |
| author |
Batra, Geeta Kaufmann, Daniel Stone, Andrew H. W. |
| author_facet |
Batra, Geeta Kaufmann, Daniel Stone, Andrew H. W. |
| author_sort |
Batra, Geeta |
| title |
Investment Climate Around the World : Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey |
| title_short |
Investment Climate Around the World : Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey |
| title_full |
Investment Climate Around the World : Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey |
| title_fullStr |
Investment Climate Around the World : Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Investment Climate Around the World : Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey |
| title_sort |
investment climate around the world : voices of the firms from the world business environment survey |
| publisher |
Washington, DC: World Bank |
| publishDate |
2013 |
| url |
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2386457/investment-climate-around-world-voices-firms-world-busines-environment-survey-wbes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15143 |
| _version_ |
1764425667557982208 |