Zambia : An Assessment of the Investment Climate
This Zambia Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) forms part of World Bank Group global initiative to systematically analyze conditions for private investment and enterprise growth. Improving the investment climate is recognized as a key pillar of de...
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| Format: | Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/5062255/zambia-assessment-investment-climate http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13882 |
| Summary: | This Zambia Investment Climate
Assessment (ICA) forms part of World Bank Group global
initiative to systematically analyze conditions for private
investment and enterprise growth. Improving the investment
climate is recognized as a key pillar of developing
countries' path to promote economic growth and reduce
poverty. The I C A compliments and amplifies a series of
diagnostic work on this issue being undertaken by the World
Bank Group in collaboration with the Government of Zambia.
Throughout this report, empirical results showing the
relative position of Zambia versus potential competitors
will be presented. To understand the quality of investment
climate in Zambia from the perspective of the private
sector, the report draws on the results of a firm survey
conducted in 2003, covering a sample of more than 200
service and manufacturing firms, large and small, located in
different parts of Zambia.' This Investment Climate
Assessment has three key parts: Empirical analysis of
productivity; examination of investment climate constraints;
and strategy for improving the investment climate and
productivity. The report contains ordered recommendations in
five key areas: Macroeconomics and finance, public-private
sector interactions, infrastructure, labor market issues,
and rule of law. |
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