Investment climate, growth, and poverty / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank; [Berlin, Germany], : Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbh, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: vii, 128 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm
• Soggetto topico: Investments, Foreign - Developing countries; Poverty - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Economic policy Congresses
• Altri autori: Kochendorfer-LuciusGudrun PleskovicBoris
• Note generali: "The articles in this volume were presented at the sixth annual Berlin Workshop, held September 3-5, 2003"--P. 1.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- OPENING ADDRESS: In WEnt's Commitment to Helping Improve the Investment Climate in Developing Countries -- Early Thinking on the Scope and Approach of the 2005 World Development Report -- Part I: Investment, Productivity, and Development: What Have We Learned? -- How Do the RPED Surveys Inform the Debate on the Investment Climate? -- Part II: Investor Perspectives on the Investment Climate -- An Investor's Perspective on the Investment Climate in Developing Countries -- The Investment Climate and a Strategy for Development -- Part III: Securing Property and Contractual Rights -- Enforcing Corporate Governance -- The Economics of Formalization: Potential Winners and Losers from Formalization in Egypt -- How Does Judicial Independence Affect the Investment Climate? -- Part IV: Financial Markets -- How Important Are Financial Markets in Spurring Growth and Investment? -- Part V: Regulations, Governance, and Corruption -- Transparency International: The Fight against Corruption -- What Is a "Good Investment Climate"? -- Part VI: What Role for More Selective Interventions? -- Business Investment and Competition Policy -- Part VII: Reforming the Investment Climate -- Reforming the Investment Climate -- Credibility and Commitment -- CLOSING REMARKS -- Appendix 1: Program -- Appendix 2: Participants.
• Titolo autorizzato: Investment climate, growth, and poverty
• ISBN: 1-280-08479-0; 9786610084791; 1-4175-7166-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809162403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Berlin Workshop series ; ; 2005.