Nigeria 2011 : An Assessment of the Investment Climate in 26 States

This investment climate analysis reviews the experiences of over 3000 surveyed business owners in 26 states of Nigeria about the aspects of the business climate that affect their businesses. It complements a similar study in 2007 that covered 11 ot...

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Main Authors:	Iarossi, Giuseppe, Clarke, George R. G.
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCING ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ACTUAL COSTS AMOUNT OF COLLATERAL BANK LOANS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SECTORS BANKS BARRIERS TO WOMEN BORROWER BORROWING BRIBE BRIBES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS OWNER BUSINESS OWNERS CASH FLOW CHILD CARE COLLATERAL COLLATERAL AMOUNT COLLATERAL AMOUNTS COLLATERAL REQUIREMENT COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COMPANY CORRUPTION COST OF CAPITAL COST OF CREDIT COUNTRY COMPARISONS CREDIT HISTORY CREDIT REPORT CURRENCY DEBT DEBT LEVEL DEBT LEVELS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DOMESTIC CREDIT DOMESTIC MARKETS EARNINGS ECONOMIC CRITERIA ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPANSION EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXTERNAL FINANCING FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES FEMALE BUSINESS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINANCE ACCESS FINANCE COST FINANCES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCING SOURCES FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FIXED ASSET FIXED ASSETS FOREIGN FIRMS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS HIGH INTEREST RATE HIGH INTEREST RATES HOLDING HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOMPLETE APPLICATION INDIRECT COST INFORMATIONAL ASYMMETRIES INTEREST RATES INTERNAL FINANCE INTERNAL FINANCING INTERNAL FUNDS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVENTORIES INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOB CREATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LAND AS COLLATERAL LAWS LEGISLATION LENDER LENDERS LICENSING LIMITED ACCESS LIMITED ACCESS TO FINANCE LINE OF CREDIT LINES OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN APPLICATIONS LOAN APPROVAL LOAN PERIODS LOAN SIZE LOC LOCAL CURRENCY LONG-TERM FINANCE LONG-TERM INVESTMENT LONG-TERM LOANS MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MANUFACTURERS MATERIAL OBSTACLE MATERNITY LEAVE MATURITY MICROENTERPRISES MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS NATURAL RESOURCES NEW ENTRANTS OVERDRAFT OVERDRAFT FACILITY OVERDRAFTS PENALTIES PERSONAL ASSETS POLICY DESIGN POLICY ENVIRONMENT POOR CREDIT POOR CREDIT HISTORY PRIVATE CREDIT PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PROPRIETORSHIP PUBLIC POLICY RETAINED EARNINGS RETURN RETURNS SAVINGS SIZE OF FIRM SMALL FIRM SMALL FIRMS START-UP START-UP CAPITAL STATE OWNED BANKS SUPPLIERS TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX RATES TAXATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE CREDIT TRADE FACILITATION TRANSPORT UNACCEPTABLE COLLATERAL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGES WOMAN WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN IN BUSINESS WORKING CAPITAL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/732561468144277467/Nigeria-2011-an-assessment-of-the-investment-climate-in-26-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27340