Investment Climate and International Integration

Investment Climate and International Integration

Drawing on recently completed firm-level surveys in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, Pakistan, and Peru, this paper investigates the relationship between investment climate and international integration. These standardized sur...

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Main Authors:	Dollar, David, Hallward-Driemeier, Mary, Mengistae, Taye
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	AVERAGE LEVEL AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF RATES BANKING SECTOR BENCHMARK BUREAUCRACY BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS SERVICES CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CITIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE DEVELOPMENT CONSUMER GOODS CORRUPTION COUNTRY GROWTH CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS DELAYS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIRECT INVESTMENT DOMESTIC FIRMS DYNAMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORTS FARMS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOREIGN EQUITY PARTICIPATION FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TRADE FORMAL TRADE GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL PRODUCTION GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GROWTH RATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT POLICIES LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL MARKET MARGINAL EFFECT MONETARY ECONOMICS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL MARKET OPEN TRADE PHONE LINE PHONES POLITICAL STABILITY PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RULE OF LAW SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS STANDARD ERRORS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM SERVICES TELEPHONE CONNECTIVITY TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY WAGES WORLD ECONOMY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION TELEPHONE LINES POWER OUTAGES INTERNATIONAL MARKET REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT GLOBALIZATION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AGGREGATE PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4979501/investment-climate-international-integration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14008

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