Firms’ Productive Performance and the Investment Climate in Developing Economies : An Application to MENA Manufacturing

Drawing on the World Bank Investment Climate Assessment surveys, this paper investigates the relationship between firm-level technical efficiency and the investment climate for 22 developing economies and eight manufacturing industries. The authors...

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Main Authors:	Kinda, Tidiane, Plane, Patrick, Veganzones-Varoudakis, Marie-Ange
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ADVERSE EFFECT AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY AVERAGE WAGE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BEST PRACTICE BUREAUCRACY BUSINESS CLIMATE CALCULATION CALCULATIONS CAPITALISM COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONTRIBUTION CORPORATION COST OF LABOR CREDIT LINE CURRENT MARKET RATE DEPENDANT DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMICS ELASTICITY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTERNALITIES FACTOR MARKETS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL PUBLIC GOOD INVESTMENT CLIMATE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROSS VALUE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDUSTRIALIZATION INEFFICIENCY INNOVATION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS INVESTMENT CLIMATE CONSTRAINTS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES INVESTMENT PERFORMANCES INVESTMENT PROJECTS JOB CREATION LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE LEVEL OF EDUCATION MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MEDIUM ENTERPRISES NATURAL RESOURCES OPTIMIZATION OUTPUTS PERFECT COMPETITION PERMANENT WORKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR INVESTMENT POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRICE TAKERS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PROFITABLE INVESTMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INVESTMENT QUESTIONNAIRE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK SALARIES SALES SKILLED LABOR SMALL BUSINESSES SPECIALIZATION SUPPLIERS TAX TAX RATE TAXATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL COST TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE POLICY UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED WORKERS VALUE ADDED WAGES WORK FORCE WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKETS WORTH
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