Competitiveness Partnerships : Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate - A Resource Drawn from the Review of 40 Countries' Experiences

The authors examine competitiveness partnerships, which consist of structured dialogue between the public and private sector to improve the investment climate. The paper is designed to be used as a resource by donors, governments, or businesspeople who are interested in establishing, maintaining, or...

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Main Authors: Herzberg, Benjamin, Wright, Andrew
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6213809/competitiveness-partnerships-building-maintaining-public-private-dialogue-improve-investment-climate-resource-drawn-review-40-countries-experiences
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spelling okr-10986-86072021-04-23T14:02:43Z Competitiveness Partnerships : Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate - A Resource Drawn from the Review of 40 Countries' Experiences Herzberg, Benjamin Wright, Andrew ADAPTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS ALCOHOL AUTHORITY BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS ENABLING CIVIC SOCIETY CLIMATE COLLABORATION COLONIALISM COMMUNIST COMPETITIVENESS CONFEDERATION CONSTITUENCY CONSUMERS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORRUPTION COUNCILS DECREE DISCRIMINATION DONOR AGENCIES ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT ENACTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT POLICY INCOME INCOME TAXES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR UNIONS LAWS LAWYER LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE PROCESS LEGISLATIVE REFORM LOBBYING MACROECONOMIC GROWTH MEDIA MINISTERS NATIONAL ECONOMIES PARTNERSHIP POLITICAL WILL POLITICIANS POOR GOVERNANCE PRESIDENCY PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SUPPORT REGULATORY REFORM SOCIAL MARKETING TRANSPARENCY WEALTH WORKING CONDITIONS The authors examine competitiveness partnerships, which consist of structured dialogue between the public and private sector to improve the investment climate. The paper is designed to be used as a resource by donors, governments, or businesspeople who are interested in establishing, maintaining, or improving a competitiveness partnership in their country or region. The political and economic context of a country determines the kind of partnership that is feasible and likely to succeed, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. But it is possible to distill some ideas and techniques from best practice as many public-private dialogue mechanisms face similar challenges. Drawing on the experiences of 40 countries, the authors make a positive case for building and maintaining competitiveness partnerships, and offer a selection of valuable insights into how practitioners can design them so as to avoid common pitfalls. They demonstrate that reforms that are designed through public-private dialogue are better conceived and more effectively implemented because they arise from increased mutual understanding between government and the business community. The paper has three parts. Part One outlines what competitiveness partnerships can achieve. Part Two describes how competitiveness partnerships function, presenting issues to consider when designing such partnerships and a range of ways in which they may be approached. Part Three identifies challenges that competitiveness partnerships have frequently faced and strategies that have been used to overcome them. 2012-06-20T22:10:55Z 2012-06-20T22:10:55Z 2005-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6213809/competitiveness-partnerships-building-maintaining-public-private-dialogue-improve-investment-climate-resource-drawn-review-40-countries-experiences http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8607 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3683 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ADAPTATION
ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS
ALCOHOL
AUTHORITY
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
BUSINESS ENABLING
CIVIC SOCIETY
CLIMATE
COLLABORATION
COLONIALISM
COMMUNIST
COMPETITIVENESS
CONFEDERATION
CONSTITUENCY
CONSUMERS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORRUPTION
COUNCILS
DECREE
DISCRIMINATION
DONOR AGENCIES
ECONOMICS
EMPLOYMENT
ENACTMENT
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT POLICY
INCOME
INCOME TAXES
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATION
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LABOR UNIONS
LAWS
LAWYER
LEGISLATION
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
LEGISLATIVE REFORM
LOBBYING
MACROECONOMIC GROWTH
MEDIA
MINISTERS
NATIONAL ECONOMIES
PARTNERSHIP
POLITICAL WILL
POLITICIANS
POOR GOVERNANCE
PRESIDENCY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SUPPORT
REGULATORY REFORM
SOCIAL MARKETING
TRANSPARENCY
WEALTH
WORKING CONDITIONS
spellingShingle ADAPTATION
ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS
ALCOHOL
AUTHORITY
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
BUSINESS ENABLING
CIVIC SOCIETY
CLIMATE
COLLABORATION
COLONIALISM
COMMUNIST
COMPETITIVENESS
CONFEDERATION
CONSTITUENCY
CONSUMERS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORRUPTION
COUNCILS
DECREE
DISCRIMINATION
DONOR AGENCIES
ECONOMICS
EMPLOYMENT
ENACTMENT
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT POLICY
INCOME
INCOME TAXES
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATION
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LABOR UNIONS
LAWS
LAWYER
LEGISLATION
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
LEGISLATIVE REFORM
LOBBYING
MACROECONOMIC GROWTH
MEDIA
MINISTERS
NATIONAL ECONOMIES
PARTNERSHIP
POLITICAL WILL
POLITICIANS
POOR GOVERNANCE
PRESIDENCY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SUPPORT
REGULATORY REFORM
SOCIAL MARKETING
TRANSPARENCY
WEALTH
WORKING CONDITIONS
Herzberg, Benjamin
Wright, Andrew
Competitiveness Partnerships : Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate - A Resource Drawn from the Review of 40 Countries' Experiences
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3683
description The authors examine competitiveness partnerships, which consist of structured dialogue between the public and private sector to improve the investment climate. The paper is designed to be used as a resource by donors, governments, or businesspeople who are interested in establishing, maintaining, or improving a competitiveness partnership in their country or region. The political and economic context of a country determines the kind of partnership that is feasible and likely to succeed, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. But it is possible to distill some ideas and techniques from best practice as many public-private dialogue mechanisms face similar challenges. Drawing on the experiences of 40 countries, the authors make a positive case for building and maintaining competitiveness partnerships, and offer a selection of valuable insights into how practitioners can design them so as to avoid common pitfalls. They demonstrate that reforms that are designed through public-private dialogue are better conceived and more effectively implemented because they arise from increased mutual understanding between government and the business community. The paper has three parts. Part One outlines what competitiveness partnerships can achieve. Part Two describes how competitiveness partnerships function, presenting issues to consider when designing such partnerships and a range of ways in which they may be approached. Part Three identifies challenges that competitiveness partnerships have frequently faced and strategies that have been used to overcome them.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Herzberg, Benjamin
Wright, Andrew
author_facet Herzberg, Benjamin
Wright, Andrew
author_sort Herzberg, Benjamin
title Competitiveness Partnerships : Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate - A Resource Drawn from the Review of 40 Countries' Experiences
title_short Competitiveness Partnerships : Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate - A Resource Drawn from the Review of 40 Countries' Experiences
title_full Competitiveness Partnerships : Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate - A Resource Drawn from the Review of 40 Countries' Experiences
title_fullStr Competitiveness Partnerships : Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate - A Resource Drawn from the Review of 40 Countries' Experiences
title_full_unstemmed Competitiveness Partnerships : Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate - A Resource Drawn from the Review of 40 Countries' Experiences
title_sort competitiveness partnerships : building and maintaining public-private dialogue to improve the investment climate - a resource drawn from the review of 40 countries' experiences
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6213809/competitiveness-partnerships-building-maintaining-public-private-dialogue-improve-investment-climate-resource-drawn-review-40-countries-experiences
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8607
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