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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808447103321

Autore

Batra Geeta

Titolo

Investment climate around the world : voices of the firms from the World Business Environment Survey / / Geeta Batra, Daniel Kaufmann, and Andrew H.W. Stone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2003

ISBN

1-280-08642-4

9786610086429

0-585-46562-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 154 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm. + + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Collana

Directions in development

Altri autori (Persone)

KaufmannDaniel <1951->

StoneAndrew H. W. <1958->

Disciplina

332.67/3

Soggetti

Investments, Foreign

Globalization

International business enterprises

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

CD-ROM provides the complete WBES core database, an interactive tool that users to configure and analyze graphs, and links to Web-based analytical tools.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-154).

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Cover -- Title -- Foreword........................................................................................................ xi -- Acknowledgments....................................................................................... xiii -- About the Authors ....................................................................................... xv -- Introduction and Summary........................................................................ 1 -- 1. Background, Approach, and Sampling............................................... 11 -- 2. Business Environment Constraints ..................................................... 27 -- 3. Quality of Public Services..................................................................... 61 -- 4. Business and Governance Constraints and Enterprise Performance ............................................................................................. 71 -- 5. Conclusions and Implications..............................................................



89 -- Annexes.......................................................................................................... 93 -- Notes............................................................................................................... 149 -- Bibliography and References .................................................................... 151 -- Boxes -- Figures -- Tables.