Investment Climate Reform : An Independent Evaluation of World Bank Group Support to Reforms of Business Regulations

Private firms are at the forefront of the development process providing more than 90 percent of jobs, supplying goods and services, and representing a significant source of tax revenues. Their ability to grow, create jobs, and reduce poverty depends critically on a well-functioning investment climate defined as the policy, legal and institutional arrangements underpinning the functioning of markets and the level of transaction costs and risks associated with starting, operating and closing a business. The World Bank Group has been providing extensive support to investment climate reforms—having supported over the period FY07–13, 819 projects with investment climate interventions in 119 countries for a total estimated value of $3.7 billion. This evaluation is designed to assess the relevance, effectiveness, and social value as it relates to concerns for inclusion and shared prosperity of World Bank Group support to investment climate reforms.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Independent Evaluation Group
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT, ACCESS TO FINANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTING, ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS, ADMINISTRATIVE COST, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, BANK LENDING, BANKRUPTCY, BINDING CONSTRAINTS, BORROWER, BRIBES, BUSINESS ACTIVITY, BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, BUSINESS CLIMATE, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUSINESS ENTRY, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS, BUSINESS FORMATION, BUSINESS REGULATIONS, CLIENT COUNTRIES, CLIENT COUNTRY, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPLIANCE COST, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, COST SAVINGS, COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT, DEMOGRAPHIC, DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISCRIMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, DIVIDENDS, DIVISION OF LABOR, ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC EXCHANGE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC REFORMS, ECONOMICS, EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, ENTREPRENEUR, ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, EXPOSURE, EXTREME POVERTY, FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS, FINANCE CORPORATION, FISCAL POLICY, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, GENDER, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, GENDER GAP, GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP, GROWTH RATES, ID, INCOME, INFORMATION SHARING, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING, INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORM, INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS, INVESTMENT DECISIONS, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INVESTMENT POLICY, INVESTMENT PROJECTS, INVESTMENT PROMOTION, INVESTMENT RATES, JOB CREATION, LAWS, LEGAL CONSTRAINTS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGISLATION, LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, LOAN, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, MARKET CONDITIONS, MARKET EFFICIENCY, MARKET FAILURES, MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT, MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS, MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY, OUTPUT, OUTREACH, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL RISKS, POLITICAL STABILITY, PORTFOLIO, PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS, PORTFOLIO REVIEW, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC SERVICES, REFORM PROGRAM, REFORM PROGRAMS, REGISTRATION PROCEDURES, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY REFORM, REORGANIZATION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RETURN ON INVESTMENT, RISK ASSESSMENT, SOCIAL COSTS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL VALUE, SOCIAL VALUES, START-UP, SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT, TAX, TAX REVENUES, TAXATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRANSACTION COSTS, TRANSPARENCY, TRUST FUNDS, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21311
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