Putting it to Work in Developing Countries - Nathan Associates
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Description<br />
Investment Climate<br />
Batra, Geeta, Daniel Kaufmann, and Andrew H. W. S<strong>to</strong>ne. 2003.<br />
Investment Climate Around the World: Voices of the Firms from the<br />
World Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Environment Survey. World Bank.<br />
To order, go <strong>to</strong> http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/<br />
catalog/product<strong>it</strong>em_id=1923391<br />
Christiansen, Hans. 2004. ODA and Investment for Development:<br />
What Guidance Can Be Drawn from Investment Climate<br />
ScoreboardsOECD.Available at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/<br />
53/39/33803268.pdf<br />
COMESA .Common Investment Area Regional Inves<strong>to</strong>rs Roadmap.<br />
Available at http://www.comesa.<strong>in</strong>t/<strong>in</strong>vestment/regimes/<strong>in</strong>vestment_<br />
area/ F<strong>in</strong>al%20Report%20on%20Regional%20Inves<strong>to</strong>rs<br />
%20Roadmap/view<br />
Kikeri, Sun<strong>it</strong>a, Thomas Kenyon, and V<strong>in</strong>cent Palmade. 2006.<br />
Reform<strong>in</strong>g the Investment Climate Lessons for Pract<strong>it</strong>ioners.<br />
Wash<strong>in</strong>g<strong>to</strong>n DC: World Bank.<br />
http://extsearch.worldbank.org/servlet/S<strong>it</strong>eSearchServletqUrl=&<br />
qSubc=wbg&ed=&q=%22Reform<strong>in</strong>g+the+<strong>in</strong>vestment+climate+<br />
lessons+for+pract<strong>it</strong>ioners%22&subm<strong>it</strong>.x=18&subm<strong>it</strong>.y=6<br />
Morisset, Jacques and Olivier Lumenga Neso. 2002. Foreign<br />
Investment Advisory Service. Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative Barriers <strong>to</strong> Foreign<br />
Investment <strong>in</strong> Develop<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Countries</strong>. World Bank.<br />
Available at http://econ.worldbank.org/files/15291_wps2848.pdf<br />
OECD. 2006. Policy Framework for Investment<br />
www.oecd.org/dataoecd/1/31/36671400.pdf.<br />
Proposal for the Establishment of a Regional Investment Agency<br />
for COMESA.<br />
Available at http://www.comesa.<strong>in</strong>t/<strong>in</strong>vestment/regimes/ <strong>in</strong>vestment<br />
_area/Project%20Proposal%20For%20The%20Establishment%20<br />
Of%20A%20Regional%20Investment%20Agency%20%28Ria%<br />
29%20For%20Comesa/view<br />
World Bank. 2006. Do<strong>in</strong>g Bus<strong>in</strong>ess 2007: How <strong>to</strong> Reform.<br />
Compar<strong>in</strong>g Regulation <strong>in</strong> 175 Economies.<br />
Can be viewed and purchased at<br />
http://www.do<strong>in</strong>gbus<strong>in</strong>ess.org/ma<strong>in</strong>/downloads.aspx<br />
Reports f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs of World Bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
Environment Survey, a <strong>to</strong>ol for evaluat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestment climates. Reviews policy<br />
implications for 80 countries.<br />
Evaluates the util<strong>it</strong>y of <strong>in</strong>vestment climate<br />
scoreboards.<br />
Seeks <strong>to</strong> understand how <strong>to</strong> <strong>in</strong>crease<br />
cross-border <strong>in</strong>vestment <strong>in</strong> COMESA.<br />
Analyzes lessons for reform<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>vestment<br />
climates, w<strong>it</strong>h case studies.<br />
Expla<strong>in</strong>s how adm<strong>in</strong>istrative barriers <strong>to</strong><br />
start<strong>in</strong>g a bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>in</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g countries<br />
affect the attraction of FDI.<br />
Guides assessment, fram<strong>in</strong>g, and<br />
mon<strong>it</strong>or<strong>in</strong>g of policies <strong>to</strong> strengthen<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestment climates, focus<strong>in</strong>g on 10<br />
policy doma<strong>in</strong>s.<br />
Details rationale and justification for<br />
sett<strong>in</strong>g up a regional <strong>in</strong>vestment agency <strong>to</strong><br />
promote <strong>in</strong>vestment <strong>in</strong> COMESA.<br />
Provides and expla<strong>in</strong>s quant<strong>it</strong>ative<br />
<strong>in</strong>dica<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>to</strong> <strong>in</strong>form foreign <strong>in</strong>ves<strong>to</strong>rs and<br />
domestic firms about the bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
regula<strong>to</strong>ry environment and costs of do<strong>in</strong>g<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>in</strong> 175 countries.<br />
World Bank, July 2006. The Independent Evaluation Group.<br />
Improv<strong>in</strong>g Investment Climates, An Evaluation of World Bank<br />
Group Assistance.<br />
World Bank. 2004. World Development Report 2005: A Better<br />
Investment Climate for Everyone.<br />
Available by search<strong>in</strong>ghttp://publications.worldbank.org/ ecommerce/<br />
Assesses the effectiveness of the World<br />
Bank, the IFC, and MIGA <strong>in</strong> help<strong>in</strong>g<br />
member countries improve <strong>in</strong>vestment<br />
climates and recommends strategies and<br />
activ<strong>it</strong>ies.<br />
Argues that improv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>vestment climates<br />
should be a <strong>to</strong>p prior<strong>it</strong>y of governments<br />
and offers practical <strong>in</strong>sights for policy<br />
makers, executives, and scholars.<br />
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