Suriname Sector Competitiveness Analysis : Identifying Opportunities and Constraints to Investment and Diversification in the Agribusiness and Extractives Sectors

Suriname is a small economy driven by its abundant natural resources. As the commodity boom ended in recent years, however, the economy began to contract, reflecting Suriname’s dependence on the extractives sector. The Government of Suriname redist...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Other Authors:	Anderson, John
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	competitiveness investment climate agriculture extractive industries business environment trade export competitiveness fisheries
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/928391488539939667/Suriname-sector-competitiveness-analysis-identifying-opportunities-and-constraints-to-investment-and-diversification-in-the-agribusiness-and-extractives-sectors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26205

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spelling	okr-10986-262052021-05-25T08:58:00Z Suriname Sector Competitiveness Analysis : Identifying Opportunities and Constraints to Investment and Diversification in the Agribusiness and Extractives Sectors World Bank Group Anderson, John Arenas, Guillermo Douw, Wim Moreira, Susana Pelon, Remi Shepherd, Andrew Weiss, Eli competitiveness investment climate agriculture extractive industries business environment trade export competitiveness fisheries Suriname is a small economy driven by its abundant natural resources. As the commodity boom ended in recent years, however, the economy began to contract, reflecting Suriname’s dependence on the extractives sector. The Government of Suriname redistributes revenue earned from gold, oil, and bauxite through significant public sector employment. This report seeks to inform the Government of Suriname about strategies to diversify the economy, with a focus on increasing private investment and removing constraints to competitiveness in agriculture and extractives. This report provides policy recommendations to guide the Government of Suriname in its efforts to create an enabling environment that facilitates new investment and increased competitiveness in agriculture and extractives. This report presents the findings of an agribusiness sector scan to identify subsectors with high potential for investment attraction. This report analyzes the enabling environment for the extractives sector to identify options to attract new investment while at the same time better governing the extractive industries to achieve more positive and sustainable benefits for the economy and people of Suriname. 2017-03-06T16:40:17Z 2017-03-06T16:40:17Z 2017 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/928391488539939667/Suriname-sector-competitiveness-analysis-identifying-opportunities-and-constraints-to-investment-and-diversification-in-the-agribusiness-and-extractives-sectors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26205 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agriculture Study Latin America & Caribbean Suriname
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description	Suriname is a small economy driven by its abundant natural resources. As the commodity boom ended in recent years, however, the economy began to contract, reflecting Suriname’s dependence on the extractives sector. The Government of Suriname redistributes revenue earned from gold, oil, and bauxite through significant public sector employment. This report seeks to inform the Government of Suriname about strategies to diversify the economy, with a focus on increasing private investment and removing constraints to competitiveness in agriculture and extractives. This report provides policy recommendations to guide the Government of Suriname in its efforts to create an enabling environment that facilitates new investment and increased competitiveness in agriculture and extractives. This report presents the findings of an agribusiness sector scan to identify subsectors with high potential for investment attraction. This report analyzes the enabling environment for the extractives sector to identify options to attract new investment while at the same time better governing the extractive industries to achieve more positive and sustainable benefits for the economy and people of Suriname.
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title	Suriname Sector Competitiveness Analysis : Identifying Opportunities and Constraints to Investment and Diversification in the Agribusiness and Extractives Sectors
title_short	Suriname Sector Competitiveness Analysis : Identifying Opportunities and Constraints to Investment and Diversification in the Agribusiness and Extractives Sectors
title_full	Suriname Sector Competitiveness Analysis : Identifying Opportunities and Constraints to Investment and Diversification in the Agribusiness and Extractives Sectors
title_fullStr	Suriname Sector Competitiveness Analysis : Identifying Opportunities and Constraints to Investment and Diversification in the Agribusiness and Extractives Sectors
title_full_unstemmed	Suriname Sector Competitiveness Analysis : Identifying Opportunities and Constraints to Investment and Diversification in the Agribusiness and Extractives Sectors
title_sort	suriname sector competitiveness analysis : identifying opportunities and constraints to investment and diversification in the agribusiness and extractives sectors
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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Suriname Sector Competitiveness Analysis : Identifying Opportunities and Constraints to Investment and Diversification in the Agribusiness and Extractives Sectors

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