Administrative barriers to foreign investment [[electronic resource] ] : reducing red tape in Africa / / by James J. Emery ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
Disciplina | 332.67/3/096 |
Altri autori (Persone) | EmeryJames J |
Collana | Occasional paper (Foreign Investment Advisory Service) |
Soggetto topico |
Investments - Africa
Investments, Foreign - Law and legislation - Africa Bureaucracy - Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-01451-2
9786610014514 0-585-34355-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT IN AFRICA; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Executive Summary; Methodology; Conclusion: The Red Tape Analysis; 1. Introduction; Liberalization and Reform; The Lack of Investor Response; Administrative Barriers to Investment; The Analytical Approach; Antecedents; Administrative Constraints in Sub-Saharan Africa; 2. General Approvals, Licenses, and Registrations; Company Registration; Foreign Investment Registration; Access to Investment Incentives; Business Licenses; Expatriate Work and Residence Permits
Tax Registration and AdministrationOther Licenses and Registrations; Conclusion; 3. Specialized Approvals; Industry; Fisheries; Forestry; Tourism; Conclusion; 4. Requirements to Gain Access to Land, Site Development, and Utility Connections; Access to Land; Construction Permits; Utilities; Postal Services; Conclusion; 5. Operational Requirements; Import/Export Procedures; Foreign Exchange; Labor and Social Security; Conclusion; 6. Conclusions; Origins of Excessive Red Tape; Recommendations; Conclusion; Notes; References CUTTING RED TAPE: LESSONS FROM A CASE-BASED APPROACH TO IMPROVING THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN MOZAMBIQUEAcknowledgment; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; Initial Steps; A Mega-Opportunity; 2. The Proposed Aluminum Smelter; The Project; Stumbling Blocks; 3. Moving toward Agreement; Creating a Structure; Concluding the Heads of Agreement; Negotiating the Subsidiary Agreements; Conduct of Meetings; 4. Completing the Negotiations; Concluding the Investment Project Authorization (IPA); Completing the Subsidiary Agreements; Preparing for Implementation; Lessons Learned 5. Implementing the Agreement: A Serious Attack on Red TapeBuilding a Continuing Structure; The Government Task Group; The IPA Steering Committee; The Tasks Groups; The IPA Implementation Coordination Meeting at CPI; Local Government; Linkage Program; The Structure in Action; 6. What Was Accomplished?; The Impact on Mozal; The Impact on Future Investors; Benefits for Both Mega-Projects and Smaller Projects; 7. Reproducing the Case-based Approach; What Are the Essential Characteristics?; Improving the Model; A Program for Reducing Red Tape; Appendixes; 1. Mozambique: the Country 2. The Aluminum Smelting Process3. Red-tape Study; Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455026203321 |
Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2000 | ||
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Administrative barriers to foreign investment : : reducing red tape in Africa / / by James J. Emery ... [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 195 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 332.67/3/096 |
Altri autori (Persone) | EmeryJames J |
Collana | Occasional paper / Foreign Investment Advisory Service |
Soggetto topico |
Investments - Africa
Investments, Foreign - Law and legislation - Africa Bureaucracy - Africa |
ISBN |
1-280-01451-2
9786610014514 0-585-34355-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT IN AFRICA; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Executive Summary; Methodology; Conclusion: The Red Tape Analysis; 1. Introduction; Liberalization and Reform; The Lack of Investor Response; Administrative Barriers to Investment; The Analytical Approach; Antecedents; Administrative Constraints in Sub-Saharan Africa; 2. General Approvals, Licenses, and Registrations; Company Registration; Foreign Investment Registration; Access to Investment Incentives; Business Licenses; Expatriate Work and Residence Permits
Tax Registration and AdministrationOther Licenses and Registrations; Conclusion; 3. Specialized Approvals; Industry; Fisheries; Forestry; Tourism; Conclusion; 4. Requirements to Gain Access to Land, Site Development, and Utility Connections; Access to Land; Construction Permits; Utilities; Postal Services; Conclusion; 5. Operational Requirements; Import/Export Procedures; Foreign Exchange; Labor and Social Security; Conclusion; 6. Conclusions; Origins of Excessive Red Tape; Recommendations; Conclusion; Notes; References CUTTING RED TAPE: LESSONS FROM A CASE-BASED APPROACH TO IMPROVING THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN MOZAMBIQUEAcknowledgment; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; Initial Steps; A Mega-Opportunity; 2. The Proposed Aluminum Smelter; The Project; Stumbling Blocks; 3. Moving toward Agreement; Creating a Structure; Concluding the Heads of Agreement; Negotiating the Subsidiary Agreements; Conduct of Meetings; 4. Completing the Negotiations; Concluding the Investment Project Authorization (IPA); Completing the Subsidiary Agreements; Preparing for Implementation; Lessons Learned 5. Implementing the Agreement: A Serious Attack on Red TapeBuilding a Continuing Structure; The Government Task Group; The IPA Steering Committee; The Tasks Groups; The IPA Implementation Coordination Meeting at CPI; Local Government; Linkage Program; The Structure in Action; 6. What Was Accomplished?; The Impact on Mozal; The Impact on Future Investors; Benefits for Both Mega-Projects and Smaller Projects; 7. Reproducing the Case-based Approach; What Are the Essential Characteristics?; Improving the Model; A Program for Reducing Red Tape; Appendixes; 1. Mozambique: the Country 2. The Aluminum Smelting Process3. Red-tape Study; Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778835803321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2000 | ||
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Administrative barriers to foreign investment : reducing red tape in Africa / / by James J. Emery ... [et al.] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 195 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 332.67/3/096 |
Altri autori (Persone) | EmeryJames J |
Collana | Occasional paper (Foreign Investment Advisory Service) |
Soggetto topico |
Investments - Africa
Investments, Foreign - Law and legislation - Africa Bureaucracy - Africa |
ISBN |
1-280-01451-2
9786610014514 0-585-34355-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT IN AFRICA; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Executive Summary; Methodology; Conclusion: The Red Tape Analysis; 1. Introduction; Liberalization and Reform; The Lack of Investor Response; Administrative Barriers to Investment; The Analytical Approach; Antecedents; Administrative Constraints in Sub-Saharan Africa; 2. General Approvals, Licenses, and Registrations; Company Registration; Foreign Investment Registration; Access to Investment Incentives; Business Licenses; Expatriate Work and Residence Permits
Tax Registration and AdministrationOther Licenses and Registrations; Conclusion; 3. Specialized Approvals; Industry; Fisheries; Forestry; Tourism; Conclusion; 4. Requirements to Gain Access to Land, Site Development, and Utility Connections; Access to Land; Construction Permits; Utilities; Postal Services; Conclusion; 5. Operational Requirements; Import/Export Procedures; Foreign Exchange; Labor and Social Security; Conclusion; 6. Conclusions; Origins of Excessive Red Tape; Recommendations; Conclusion; Notes; References CUTTING RED TAPE: LESSONS FROM A CASE-BASED APPROACH TO IMPROVING THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN MOZAMBIQUEAcknowledgment; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; Initial Steps; A Mega-Opportunity; 2. The Proposed Aluminum Smelter; The Project; Stumbling Blocks; 3. Moving toward Agreement; Creating a Structure; Concluding the Heads of Agreement; Negotiating the Subsidiary Agreements; Conduct of Meetings; 4. Completing the Negotiations; Concluding the Investment Project Authorization (IPA); Completing the Subsidiary Agreements; Preparing for Implementation; Lessons Learned 5. Implementing the Agreement: A Serious Attack on Red TapeBuilding a Continuing Structure; The Government Task Group; The IPA Steering Committee; The Tasks Groups; The IPA Implementation Coordination Meeting at CPI; Local Government; Linkage Program; The Structure in Action; 6. What Was Accomplished?; The Impact on Mozal; The Impact on Future Investors; Benefits for Both Mega-Projects and Smaller Projects; 7. Reproducing the Case-based Approach; What Are the Essential Characteristics?; Improving the Model; A Program for Reducing Red Tape; Appendixes; 1. Mozambique: the Country 2. The Aluminum Smelting Process3. Red-tape Study; Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827280803321 |
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States at work : dynamics of African bureaucracies / / edited by Thomas Bierschenk, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan |
Autore | Bierschenk Thomas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brill, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (454 p.) |
Disciplina | 351.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BierschenkThomas
Olivier de SardanJean-Pierre |
Collana | Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Public administration - Africa
Bureaucracy - Africa Economic development - Africa State, The |
Soggetto non controllato | Society & culture: general |
ISBN | 90-04-26496-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Studying the dynamics of African bureaucracies : an introduction to states at work / Thomas Bierschenk and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan -- Ethnographies of public services in Africa : an emerging research paradigm / Thomas Bierschenk and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan -- Seeing like a state agent : the ethnography of reform in Senegal's forestry services / Giorgio Blundo -- Factionalism and staff success in a Nigerian university : a departmental case study / Chris Willott -- Working in neopatrimonial settings : public sector staff perceptions in Tanzania and Uganda / Ole Therkildsen -- "We make do and keep going!" Inventive practices and ordered informality in the functioning of the district courts in Niamey snd Zinder (Niger) / Oumarou Hamani -- "I take an oath to the state, not the government" : career trajectories and professional ethics of Ghanaian public servants / Carola Lentz -- "We must run while others walk" : African civil servants, state ideologies and bureaucratic practices in Tanzania, from the 1950s to the 1970s / Andreas Eckert -- Sedimentation, fragmentation and normative double-binds in (West) African public services / Thomas Bierschenk -- The politics of reform: a case study of bureaucracy at the ministry of basic education in Cameroon / Helene Charton -- Building state capacities? The case of the poverty reduction unit in Mali / Isaline Bergamaschi -- A breeding ground for revenue reliability? Cameroonian veterinary agents and tax officials in the face of reform / Jose-Maria Munoz -- Old-school bureaucrats and technocrats in Malawi : civil service reform in practice / Gerhard Anders -- Teachers unions and the selective appropriation of public service reforms in Benin / Azizou Chabi Imorou -- The state that works : a 'pockets of effectiveness' perspective on Nigeria and beyond / Michael Roll -- The delivery state in Africa : interface bureaucrats, professional cultures and the bureaucratic mode of governance / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910404071303321 |
Bierschenk Thomas
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Brill, 2014 | ||
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