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World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2012-04-06T19:46:08Z
dc.date.available 2012-04-06T19:46:08Z
dc.date.issued 2004
dc.description.abstract Firms and entrepreneurs of all types from microenterprises to multinationals play a central role in growth and poverty reduction. Their investment decisions drive job creation, the availability and affordability of goods and services for consumers, and the tax revenues governments can draw on to fund health, education, and other services. Their contribution depends largely on the way governments shape the investment climate in each location through the protection of property rights, regulation and taxation, strategies for providing infrastructure, interventions in finance and labor markets, and broader governance features such as corruption. The World Development Report 2005 argues that improving the investment climates of their societies should be a top priority for governments. Drawing on surveys of nearly 30,000 firms in 53 developing countries, country case studies, and other new research, the Report explores questions such as: What are the key features of a good investment climate, and how do they influence growth and poverty? What can governments do to improve their investment climates, and how can they go about tackling such a broad agenda? What has been learned about good practice in each of the main areas of the investment climate? What role might selective interventions and international arrangements play in improving the investment climate? What can the international community do to help developing countries improve the investment climates of their societies? In addition to detailed chapters exploring these and related issues, the Report contains selected data from the World Bank's new program of Investment Climate Surveys, the Bank's Doing Business Project, and World Development Indicators 2004‹an appendix of economic and social data for over 200 countries. This Report offers practical insights for policymakers, executives, scholars, and all those with an interest in economic development. en
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-8213-5682-1
dc.identifier.isbn 0-8213-5682-8
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5987
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject services
dc.subject poverty
dc.subject Millennium Development Goals
dc.subject human development
dc.subject education
dc.subject health services
dc.subject drinking water and sanitation
dc.subject public sector management
dc.subject donors
dc.subject microenterprises
dc.subject growth and poverty
dc.subject investment climate
dc.subject country case studies
dc.subject investment climate surveys
dc.subject economic development
dc.subject barriers to competition
dc.subject contract enforcement
dc.subject credibility
dc.subject expropriation
dc.subject financial markets
dc.subject international bank
dc.subject international development
dc.subject investment climate
dc.subject labor market
dc.subject policy response
dc.title World Development Report 2005 en
dc.title.subtitle A Better Investment Climate for Everyone en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Public-Private Partnerships
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/0-8213-5682-8
okr.identifier.report 28829
okr.language.supported en
okr.peerreview Academic Peer Review
okr.region.country India
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development
okr.topic Private Sector Development
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
relation.isSeriesOfPublication 47018b9f-dbfb-4ab1-a531-6a598c79a597
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