Nepal's investment climate [[electronic resource] ] : leveraging the private sector for job creation and growth / / Gabi G. Afram and Angelica Salvi Del Pero

• Autore: Afram Gabi G (Gabi George)
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.95496
• Soggetto topico: Investments, Foreign - Nepal; Labor market - Nepal
• Soggetto geografico: Nepal Economic conditions; Nepal Economic policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Salvi Del PeroAngelica
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Structure of the Report; Executive Summary; Why Is the Nepal Investment Climate Assessment Important?; What Do the Survey Results Say about the Investment Climate in Nepal?; What Next? Developing Nepal's Private Sector for Job Creation and Growth; Summary of Recommendations; Tables; 1 Summary of Policy Recommendations; Note; Report Highlights; Introduction; The Nepal Enterprise Survey and Investment Climate Assessment; Boxes; 1 Methodology; Key Features of the Nepalese Private Sector; Figures; 1 Nepalese Real GDP Composition by Sector, FY2008/09 ; 2 Value Added Growth by Sector 1995-2008, Selected South Asian Countries3 Distribution of Registered Firms in Nepal by Age of Firm; Leading Constraints for Nepalese Firms; 2 Cross-Country Comparisons of Firm Performance; 4 Indicators of Innovation and Technology for Nepal and Comparator Countries; 5 Perception of Obstacles Constraining the Investment Climate in Nepal; 6 Investment Climate Obstacles Perceived as Major to Very Severe in Nepal and Comparator Countries; The Main Issues with the Investment Climate in Nepal ; 7 Costs Associated with Investment Climate Weaknesses in Nepal and Comparator Countries8 Average Number of Days Lost in Nepalese Firms Due to Labor Issues; 9 Power Outages and Water Shortages per Typical Month in Nepal and Comparator Countries; Access to Finance for Firms Needs to Be Expanded; 10 Percentage of Shipments to Domestic Markets Lost Due to Breakage or Spoilage in Nepal and Comparator Countries; 11 Access to Finance in Nepal and Comparator Countries; 12 Reasons Nepalese Firms Did Not Apply for a Line of Credit ; Rigid Labor Regulations Require Easing and Labor Relations Need Improving3 Strategies to Increase Access to Finance; 13 Total Number of Skilled and Unskilled Production Workers per Firm in Nepal and Comparator Countries; Governance, Regulations, Licensing, and Informality; 4 Strategies to Ease Labor Regulations and Improve Labor Relations; 14 Time Spent Obtaining Licenses and Dealing with Regulations in Nepal and Comparator Countries; 15 Improvements Nepalese Firms Believe Could Be Obtained by Registering; 16 Investment Climate Obstacles Ranked Most Important for Informal Firms in Nepal ; Developing Nepal's External Sector17 Percentage of Exporting and Importing Firms in Nepal and Comparator Countries; Tourism Sector and Potential for Future Growth; 5 Strategies to Increase Trade with India and China; 18 Percentage of Nepalese Tourism Firms Investing to Improve Competitiveness; 6 Strategies to Strengthen the Tourism Sector; Notes; Chapter 1 Introduction; Macroeconomic Environment: Resilient Economy Despite Political Uncertainty, but Risks Lie Ahead; 1.1 Poverty and Social Indicators; 1.1 Nepal Trade Balance and Current Account Balance, 2000-09 ; Growth Dynamics: Growth Driven by Consumption and Services
• Sommario/riassunto: The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2006 and Constituent Assembly elections in 2008 have paved the way for political and economic reform in Nepal. Indeed, the 2009 Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) shows that Nepal's private sector is starting to reap some dividend from the cessation of armed conflict in terms of employment generation, rebounding tourism, increased tax collection, as well as less complex business regulations and procedures to obtain permits.However, Nepal's private sector (already plagued with various market failures) continues to suffer from the consequences
• Titolo autorizzato: Nepal's investment climate
• ISBN: 1-280-07490-6; 9786613520128; 0-8213-9466-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461864503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in Development