How Do Investment Climate Conditions Vary Across Countries, Regions and Types of Firms?

How Do Investment Climate Conditions Vary Across Countries, Regions and Types of Firms?

Drawing on the World Bank's surveys of over 30,000 firms in 53 developing countries and Doing Business indicators in 130 countries, this paper provide new insights into both the perceptions of local entrepreneurs about constraints they face, but also objective measures of infrastructure quality...

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Main Authors: Hallward-Driemeier, Mary, Stewart, David
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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World Development Report 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9129
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spelling okr-10986-91292021-04-23T14:02:44Z How Do Investment Climate Conditions Vary Across Countries, Regions and Types of Firms? Hallward-Driemeier, Mary Stewart, David World Development Report 2005 Drawing on the World Bank's surveys of over 30,000 firms in 53 developing countries and Doing Business indicators in 130 countries, this paper provide new insights into both the perceptions of local entrepreneurs about constraints they face, but also objective measures of infrastructure quality, regulatory burdens, crime, access to finance, and the security of property rights at the country level. Doing Business indicators give the costs of fully complying with various regulatory procedures. Together, the formal requirements and the actual experience of different types of firms illustrate the scope for investment climate improvements. The potential gains, in terms of increased productivity, investment and job growth are considerable. That smaller firms face costs that are up to a third higher underscores that improving investment climate conditions will disproportionately benefit small firms. 2012-06-26T15:38:55Z 2012-06-26T15:38:55Z 2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9129 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa Europe and Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean East Asia and Pacific South Asia
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Hallward-Driemeier, Mary
Stewart, David
How Do Investment Climate Conditions Vary Across Countries, Regions and Types of Firms?
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Europe and Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
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description Drawing on the World Bank's surveys of over 30,000 firms in 53 developing countries and Doing Business indicators in 130 countries, this paper provide new insights into both the perceptions of local entrepreneurs about constraints they face, but also objective measures of infrastructure quality, regulatory burdens, crime, access to finance, and the security of property rights at the country level. Doing Business indicators give the costs of fully complying with various regulatory procedures. Together, the formal requirements and the actual experience of different types of firms illustrate the scope for investment climate improvements. The potential gains, in terms of increased productivity, investment and job growth are considerable. That smaller firms face costs that are up to a third higher underscores that improving investment climate conditions will disproportionately benefit small firms.
author Hallward-Driemeier, Mary
Stewart, David
author_facet Hallward-Driemeier, Mary
Stewart, David
author_sort Hallward-Driemeier, Mary
title How Do Investment Climate Conditions Vary Across Countries, Regions and Types of Firms?
title_short How Do Investment Climate Conditions Vary Across Countries, Regions and Types of Firms?
title_full How Do Investment Climate Conditions Vary Across Countries, Regions and Types of Firms?
title_fullStr How Do Investment Climate Conditions Vary Across Countries, Regions and Types of Firms?
title_full_unstemmed How Do Investment Climate Conditions Vary Across Countries, Regions and Types of Firms?
title_sort how do investment climate conditions vary across countries, regions and types of firms?
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9129
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