Firms’ Productive Performance and the Investment Climate in Developing Economies : An Application to MENA Manufacturing

Firms’ Productive Performance and the Investment Climate in Developing Economies : An Application to MENA Manufacturing

Drawing on the World Bank Investment Climate Assessment surveys, this paper investigates the relationship between firm-level technical efficiency and the investment climate for 22 developing economies and eight manufacturing industries. The authors...

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Main Authors: Kinda, Tidiane, Plane, Patrick, Veganzones-Varoudakis, Marie-Ange
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO CREDIT
ADVERSE EFFECT
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
AVERAGE WAGE
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BEST PRACTICE
BUREAUCRACY
BUSINESS CLIMATE
CALCULATION
CALCULATIONS
CAPITALISM
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS
COMPETITIVE MARKETS
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONTRIBUTION
CORPORATION
COST OF LABOR
CREDIT LINE
CURRENT MARKET RATE
DEPENDANT
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIVERSIFICATION
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMICS
ELASTICITY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
EXTERNALITIES
FACTOR MARKETS
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FOREIGN CAPITAL
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GENERAL PUBLIC
GOOD INVESTMENT CLIMATE
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
GROSS VALUE
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOMES
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INEFFICIENCY
INNOVATION
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT
INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS
INVESTMENT CLIMATE CONSTRAINTS
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
INVESTMENT PERFORMANCES
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
JOB CREATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR REGULATIONS
LABOR RELATIONS
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL COSTS
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
NATURAL RESOURCES
OPTIMIZATION
OUTPUTS
PERFECT COMPETITION
PERMANENT WORKERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR INVESTMENT
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
PRICE TAKERS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTION INPUTS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFITABILITY
PROFITABLE INVESTMENT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
QUESTIONNAIRE
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
SALARIES
SALES
SKILLED LABOR
SMALL BUSINESSES
SPECIALIZATION
SUPPLIERS
TAX
TAX RATE
TAXATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOTAL COST
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE POLICY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNSKILLED WORKERS
VALUE ADDED
WAGES
WORK FORCE
WORLD MARKET
WORLD MARKETS
WORTH
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090319085313
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4064

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4064

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