Sawada, Naotaka2017-06-052017-06-052012-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26897An appropriate rural investment climate (RIC) is essential for rural businesses to be successful and generate employment and income in their communities. Improving the investment climate could facilitate income-generation activities in both farm and nonfarm sectors, thus reducing rural poverty. Nonfarm sector focused growth, combined with agricultural growth, and has been shown by Delgado et al. (1998) to have a significant impact on the local economy through the generation of employment and income. This study is the first to focus on both farm and nonfarm enterprises in its 2010 surveys of RIC in Yemen, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Mozambique unlike six previous RIC assessment (RICA) pilot projects that focused only on nonfarm enterprises. This report assesses the weaknesses and strengths of all RIC components in farm and nonfarm enterprises of the four countries surveyed, and recommends measures to address the weaknesses. The report identifies similar business obstacles for farm and nonfarm enterprises and four critical areas of the RIC to be improved. The results of the RICA are based on analyses of obstacles perceived by rural entrepreneurs and on assessments by RIC indicators, enterprise entry and exit, and enterprise performance. To have maximum synergy effects, farm and nonfarm enterprises should be promoted together.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS ROADSACCESS TO CREDITACCESS TO FINANCEACCESS TO FINANCINGACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO LOANACCESS TO MARKETACCOUNTINGAFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATIONAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENTASSISTANCE TO BUSINESSBANK ACCOUNTBANKRUPTCYBANKSBENEFICIARIESBORROWINGBOTTLENECKSBRIDGEBRIDGE CONSTRUCTIONBUREAUCRATIC RED TAPEBUSBUSINESS ACTIVITIESBUSINESS ENTRYBUSINESS MANAGEMENTBUSINESS OPERATIONSBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIESBUSINESS OWNERSBUSINESS PLANBUSINESS PLANNINGBUSINESS SUPPORTCALCULATIONCAPACITY BUILDINGCARSCOLLATERALCOLLATERAL REQUIREMENTCOMMERCIAL BANKSCOMMODITYCONSUMERCONTRIBUTIONCORRUPTIONCOST OF TRANSPORTCOST OF TRANSPORTATIONCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSISCREDIT GUARANTEEDELIVERY MECHANISMDIVERSIFICATIONDRIVERSEARNINGSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC MANAGEMENTECONOMIES OF SCALEEDUCATION LEVELSENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENTENTERPRISE GROWTHENTREPRENEURSENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYEXCLUSIONEXTENSION SERVICESFARM ENTERPRISESFARMERSFEMALE ENTREPRENEURSFINANCE ACCESSFINANCIAL ILLITERACYFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONFINANCIAL LITERACYFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL MARKETSFINANCIAL PRODUCTSFINANCIAL SYSTEMFISCAL POLICYFIXED ASSETFORMAL BANKINGFORMAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFORMAL FINANCIAL SERVICESFUTURE GROWTHGENDERGENDER EQUALITYGENDER ISSUEGUARANTEE SCHEMEHANDICRAFTHIGH INTEREST RATEHIGH TRANSPORTATIONHOUSEHOLD EXPENSESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN CAPITALINCOME INCREASEINCOMESINDIVIDUAL ENTREPRENEURSINEQUALITYINFORMATION ON MARKETSINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTINSURANCEINTEREST RATESINTERNATIONAL BANKINVENTORY CREDITINVESTINGINVESTMENT CAPITALINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTINVESTMENT STRATEGYJOB TRAININGKNOWLEDGE GAPSLABOR MARKETLACK OF ACCESSLACK OF CAPITALLACK OF KNOWLEDGELAND MARKETSLAND USELIMITED ACCESSLIMITED ACCESS TO FINANCELINE OF CREDITLOANLOAN AMOUNTLOAN APPLICATIONSLOCAL BUSINESSESMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMARKET DEMANDMARKET DEVELOPMENTMARKET INFORMATIONMARKET SHAREMARKETINGMATERIALMEANS OF TRANSPORTMICRO-ENTREPRENEURSMICROFINANCEMICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONSMICROFINANCE LOANSMOBILITYMODE OF TRANSPORTMONEY TRANSFERNEW BUSINESSNEW MARKETOUTREACHOUTSTANDING LOANSPARTIAL CREDITPENETRATION RATEPRIVATE ENTERPRISEPRODUCTIVITYPROFITABILITYPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC AWARENESSPUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERYPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONQUERIESQUESTIONNAIRESRISK REDUCTIONROADROAD BUILDINGROAD NETWORKROADSRURAL BUSINESSRURAL FINANCERURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL ROADSRURAL TRANSPORTSAFETYSAFETY NETSSALESSAVINGSSAVINGS ACCOUNTSMALL BUSINESSSMALL BUSINESS AGENCIESSMALL ENTERPRISESTAKEHOLDERSTART-UPSTART-UP CAPITALSUPPLY CHAINTAXTAX RATETECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL SKILLSTELEPHONETRAFFICTRAINING PROGRAMSTRANSACTIONTRANSACTION COSTSTRANSPORTTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORTATION COSTTRANSPORTATION SYSTEMTRANSPORTSTRAVEL TIMETRUCKSURBAN AREASVALUABLEVEHICLESWAGEWAGESWEALTHWEALTH CREATIONWOMEN ENTREPRENEURSWORKING CAPITALWORTHWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/26897