The Investment Climate in Afghanistan : Exploiting Opportunities in an Uncertain Environment

In a post-conflict environment, attracting new foreign and domestic firms is central to private sector development. Existing firms at the end of sustained conflict are typically state-owned, are highly undercapitalized, have weak or nonexistent management, have a deskilled and underemployed labor fo...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AIR ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES AVERAGE CAPACITY AVERAGE CAPACITY UTILIZATION BANKING LAWS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SERVICES BANKING SYSTEM BASIC SERVICES BRIDGE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL STOCK CARRIERS CENTRAL ASIAN CIVIL SERVICE COMMERCIAL CREDIT COMPANY COST OF TRANSPORT COSTS OF SERVICE COSTS OF SERVICE PROVISION CREDIT RATING CREDIT RATING AGENCIES CREDIT UNIONS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT CUSTOMS MODERNIZATION CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS TARIFFS DEBT DISPUTE RESOLUTION DOMESTIC FIRMS DOMESTIC INVESTMENT DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STABILITY EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE REFORM EXPANSION FACTORING FINANCIAL LEASING FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SYSTEM FIRMS FOREIGN COMPANIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN TRADE FREIGHT GROSS PROFIT HIGHWAYS IMPORTED INPUTS INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES INFLATION INSPECTION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INVESTMENT ACTIVITY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE CONSTRAINTS INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT GROWTH INVESTMENT PROGRAM LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGISLATION LOCAL FIRMS LOCAL MARKET MANUFACTURERS MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MICROENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE SECTOR NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES NEW ENTRANTS NONBANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OPEN ECONOMIES PATRONAGE POLICE POLICY BARRIERS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PLAYERS PRIVATE TRANSPORT PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATION POLICY PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RAILROADS RATING AGENCIES REDUCING UNCERTAINTY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY ISSUES REMOVING BARRIERS RING ROAD RISKY INVESTMENT ROAD ROAD NETWORK ROADS SAVINGS SME STATEMENT SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TARIFF STRUCTURE TARIFF STRUCTURES TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX BASE TAX INCENTIVES TAX POLICY TAX RATES TAX REFORM TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE CREDIT TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FACILITATION SERVICES TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORM TRADERS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT AGREEMENTS TRANSPORT COMPANIES TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE TRAVEL TIMES VEHICLE WORLD TRADE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6676155/investment-climate-afghanistan-exploiting-opportunities-uncertain-environment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8484