Group theory / W. R. Scott

• Record Nr.: UNICAMPANIASUN0051577
• Autore: Scott, William R.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Dover, 1987
• ISBN: 978-04-86653-77-8
• Descrizione fisica: 479 p. ; 22 cm.
• Soggetti: 20-XX - Group theory and generalizations [MSC 2020]
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Investment climate reforms : an independent evaluation of World Bank Group support to reforms of business regulations

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460274103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-4648-0629-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.64/3091724
• Soggetti: Investments, Foreign - Developing countries; Trade regulation - Developing countries; Industrial policy - Developing countries; Economic development - Developing countries; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Overview; ; World Bank Group Management Response; Management Action Record; Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness; 1 Introduction and Portfolio Review; Motivation; Theoretical Foundations; Investment Climate Definition; World Bank Group Engagement in Investment Climate; Evaluation Design and Methodology; Investment Climate Good Practice Standard; World Bank Group Investment Climate Portfolio; 2 Relevance of World Bank Group Investment Climate Interventions; Relevance of Investment Climate at the Corporate and Country Strategic Levels Relevance of Interventions; Relevance at the Analytical Level; 3 Effectiveness of World Bank Group Support to Investment Climate Reforms; Effectiveness of World Bank Group-Supported Investment Climate Reforms; Limitations of Outcome Measurements; 4 Evaluating the Social Value of Regulatory Reforms; Regulatory Reform and Its Effects: Theoretical Foundations; Analytical Framework: Assessing the Social Value of Regulatory Reform; Application of the Framework: Analysis of Cross-Country Evidence; Application of the Framework: Qualitative Analysis of World Bank Group Project Reports 5 Factors Affecting Performance; Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations; Industry-Specific Intervention; World Bank Group Collaboration and Results; Factors Affecting Collaboration between the World Bank and IFC; 6 Recommendations; Relevance; Social Value; Coordination across the World Bank Group; Appendixes; Appendix A Methodology; Appendix B Portfolio Description of World Bank Group Support to Investment Climate Reforms; Appendix C Statistical Tests for Regulatory Reform Indicators; Appendix D Literature Review on the Impact of Regulatory Reforms Appendix E World Bank Group Projects with Investment Climate Support; Appendix F Staff Survey Questionnaire; Bibliography; Boxes; Box 1.1 Examples of Agribusiness and Tourism Investment Climate Interventions; Box 2.1 Strategic Pillars of Investment Climate Reforms in Client Countries; Box 3.1 Contribution of World Bank Group Support to Investment Climate Reforms around the World ; Box 3.2 Findings from the Field: Impact of Reforms-Rwanda and Cambodia; Box 5.1 Findings From the Field-Stakeholder Analysis Matters; Box 5.2 Timing of Impact of Investment Climate Reforms Box 5.3 Inclusive Growth through a Diversified Agricultural Sector; Box 5.4 Business Models Complementarity-The Case of Development Policy Loans; Box 5.5 Donors' Support to Investment Climate; Box 5.6 Findings from the Field: World Bank and IFC-Strengths and Weaknesses; Box 5.7 "Jointness" of Management: How a Formal Organization Can Foster Collaboration-Latin America and the Caribbean as a Recent Pilot ; Figures; Figure 1.1 Conceptual Framework of the Evaluation; Figure 1.2 World Bank Group Investment Climate Intervention, by Volume; Figure 1.3 World Bank Group Project Portfolio Composition