This survey report will help the
government of Afghanistan think through its approach to
private sector development. Historically, there has been a
dearth of information...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 50183Date: August 12, 2009
Costa Rica is a clear success story. The
country enjoys the highest standard of living in Central
America and one of the highest in Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC)....
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: AAA39Date: July 1, 2009
The Government of Bulgaria requested the
World Bank to analyze the legal, institutional and
administrative framework for setting state fees and provide
recommendations...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 55729Date: June 1, 2009
Doing business has six years of
experience in analyzing the real implications of the
interactions of private businesses with government agencies.
Over the years the...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 52173Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Geginat, Carolin
The Africa competitiveness report (ACR)
highlights the areas where urgent policy action and
investment are needed to ensure that Africa can best ride
out this crisis...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 52537Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Blanke, Jennifer; Uy, Marilou; Iarossi,
Giuseppe; Ondiege, Peter;
Tourism has become the leading economic
sector of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
(OECS) islands, thus expanding linkages with the local
economy seems crucial...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 44060Date: September 30, 2008
This study focuses in particular on the
question of whether incentives and support programs have:
(a) been correctly targeted to address the diverse and
specific needs...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 38627Date: February 14, 2007
Amid a shifting policymaking environment
from private to public, volume one of this report discusses
how public policies could attract more and better private
investments....
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 36624Date: January 10, 2007
Amid a shifting policymaking environment
from private to public, volume one of this report discusses
how public policies could attract more and better private
investments....
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 36624Date: January 10, 2007
The main objective of this assessment of
corporate governance of State-owned Enterprises (SOE) is to
assist the Government in its efforts to strengthen corporate
governance...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 70771Date: September 15, 2006
In an effort to improve employment
outcomes and industrial productivity, the Government of
Pakistan (GoP) has launched a dual-track reform process
involving broad-based...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 38075Date: September 1, 2006
The objective of this report for
Mexico's competitiveness is to inform policy makers,
the private sector, and the public at large about
competitiveness priorities and...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 35388Date: August 10, 2006
The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) has set
in train an initiative to develop the tourism sector in
Ethiopia. This study supports this objective through in
depth analysis...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 38420Date: June 30, 2006
This paper analyzes the determinants of
firms' decision to provide HIV/AIDS prevention
activities. Using data from 860 firms and 4,955 workers in
Uganda, Tanzania, and...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 37171Date: June 1, 2006Author:
Ramachandran,Vijaya ;
Shah,Manju Kedia ;
Turner,Ginger Leigh
There has been growing interest from
stakeholders around the world in recent years in how to
build momentum for private sector development in states with
poor investment...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 68790Date: May 1, 2006
Privatization has reached nearly all
developing countries, generating more than US$400 billion in
proceeds for these countries since 1990.cActivity peaked in
1997 and...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 35329Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Kikeri, Sunita ;
Kolo, Aishetu
This paper looks at firm-level evidence
on the African business environment from surveys undertaken
for Investment Climate Assessments by the World Bank in
2000-2004....
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 37172Date: November 1, 2005
In the last decade, most countries in
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have not spent enough
on infrastructure. Total investment has fallen as a
percentage of GDP,...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 32640Date: August 31, 2005Author:
Fay,Marianne ;
Morrison,Mary
Lack of market integration has been a
long-standing concern in China. The existing empirical
evidence on the degree and trend in local protectionism and
market fragmentation,...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 31973Date: June 13, 2005
The conclusions of the
recently-conducted Kenya Investment Climate Assessment
(ICA), based on a survey of 368 firms, have a bearing on the
country's growth agenda. The...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 31387Date: January 27, 2005
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