A better investment climate for everyone /
A better investment climate for everyone /
- Washington, D.C. : New York, N.Y. ; [Great Britain] : World Bank ; Oxford University Press, c2004.
- xvi, 271 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm.
- World development report, 2005 0163-5085 ; .
- World development report .
Online version:
World development report.
Better investment climate for everyone.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2004
(OCoLC)777342028
Includes bibliographical references.
pt. 1. Improving the investment climate --
The investment climate, growth, and poverty --
Confronting the underlying challenges --
Tackling a broad agenda --
pt. 2. Delivering the basics --
Stability and security --
Regulation and taxation --
Finance and infrastructure --
Workers and labor markets --
pt. 3. Going beyond the basics? --
Selective interventions --
International rules and standards --
pt. 4. How the international community can help --
How the international community can help --
Selected indicators --
Measuring the investment climate --
Selected world development indicators. TOC
Summary:
"Firms and entrepreneurs of all types-from micro-enterprises 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."--World Bank summary.
0821357247 (cased) : 0821356828 (pbk.) :
2004304824
Investments.
Commercial policy.
Business enterprises.
Economic policy.
Costs, Industrial.
330.91724 / WOR 2005
Online version:
World development report.
Better investment climate for everyone.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2004
(OCoLC)777342028
Includes bibliographical references.
pt. 1. Improving the investment climate --
The investment climate, growth, and poverty --
Confronting the underlying challenges --
Tackling a broad agenda --
pt. 2. Delivering the basics --
Stability and security --
Regulation and taxation --
Finance and infrastructure --
Workers and labor markets --
pt. 3. Going beyond the basics? --
Selective interventions --
International rules and standards --
pt. 4. How the international community can help --
How the international community can help --
Selected indicators --
Measuring the investment climate --
Selected world development indicators. TOC
Summary:
"Firms and entrepreneurs of all types-from micro-enterprises 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."--World Bank summary.
0821357247 (cased) : 0821356828 (pbk.) :
2004304824
Investments.
Commercial policy.
Business enterprises.
Economic policy.
Costs, Industrial.
330.91724 / WOR 2005