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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450414203321

Autore

Kikeri Sunita

Titolo

Reforming the investment climate [[electronic resource] ] : lessons for practitioners / / Sunita Kikeri, Thomas Kenyon, Vincent Palmade

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2006

ISBN

1-280-54260-8

9786610542604

0-8213-6838-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 p.)

Disciplina

332.6

Soggetti

Investments

Securities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; II. Understanding the Challenges to Reform; III. Initiating and Designing Reform; IV. Implementing and Sustaining Reform; V. Conclusions; VI. Selected Reform Case Studies; References

Sommario/riassunto

Most people agree that a good investment climate is essential for growth and poverty reduction. Less clear is how to achieve it. Drawing from more than 25 case studies, this book shows that reform often requires paying as much attention to dealing with the politics and institutional dimensions as to designing policy substance. While there is no single recipe or "manual" for reform, the authors highlight three broad lessons. The first is to recognize and seize opportunities for reform. Crisis and new governments are important catalysts, but so is the competition generated by trade integration a