Publication: Improving the Business Trade Licensing Reform Environment

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2003
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2003
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Gamser, Matthew
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This case study of Kenyan business trade licensing shows that red-tape costs can be cut if reform is championed strongly and there is a strong case in terms of costs and benefits. The reform of business registration, trade licensing and other business entry procedures is a cost effective and progressive way to promote indigenous private sector development. But, reform needs more than good cost-benefit analysis and legal drafting; it also requires building constituencies and continuous advocacy.
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Gamser, Matthew. 2003. Improving the Business Trade Licensing Reform Environment. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/9ef659f4-d0b7-5b00-a21c-b82b7da84b38 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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