Ethiopia - Toward the Competitive Frontier : Strategies for Improving Ethiopia’s Investment Climate

dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2012-03-19T17:23:56Z
dc.date2012-03-19T17:23:56Z
dc.date2009-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:08:18Z
dc.descriptionThe productivity and investment climate survey suggests that the perceptions managers have of the investment climate in Ethiopia has improved dramatically since the first investment climate survey in 2001-2002. The share of managers and owners who report being constrained by the investment climate, defined as the 'location-specific factors that shape the opportunities and incentives for firms to invest productively, create jobs, and expand' in the 2005 World development report, was extremely high for almost all measured variables in the 2001 survey. Five years later, the share of complaining firms has declined to the point that Ethiopia performs more favorably than the low-income international averages. Despite serious economic challenges that became more acute after the survey was completed, the long-term trend is clearly toward improvement. The paper focuses on productivity because differences in productivity explain differences in income between countries, and attracts new investment. When firms become more productive, they are able to offer a product more likely to meet the quality and cost requirements of foreign markets. They are able to pay higher wages, employ more workers, and the profitability will attract more investment. Developing a private sector that is able to fulfill its development role requires solutions to three challenges: the challenge of productivity and growth, the challenge of inclusion, and the challenge of formalization.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3076
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/3076
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/415518
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADVERSE EFFECT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectASSET PRICES
dc.subjectAVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAVERAGING
dc.subjectBALANCE OF PAYMENTS
dc.subjectBANK
dc.subjectBANKING
dc.subjectBANKING SECTOR
dc.subjectBANKING SECTOR REFORMS
dc.subjectBARRIERS
dc.subjectBARRIERS TO ENTRY
dc.subjectBID
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectCAPITAL BASE
dc.subjectCAPITAL FORMATION
dc.subjectCAPITAL INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectCENTRAL PLANNING
dc.subjectCIVIL WAR
dc.subjectCLEAN WATER
dc.subjectCOLLATERAL
dc.subjectCOLLATERAL REQUIREMENT
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL BANKS
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPETITION POLICY
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONTRACT
dc.subjectCONTRACTING
dc.subjectCONTRIBUTION
dc.subjectCREDIBILITY
dc.subjectCREDIT BUREAU
dc.subjectCREDIT BUREAUS
dc.subjectCRITICAL MASS
dc.subjectCURRENCY
dc.subjectCURRENCY SHORTAGES
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDEFAULT
dc.subjectDEFICIT
dc.subjectDEFICITS
dc.subjectDEMAND
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
dc.subjectDIRECTED CREDIT
dc.subjectDIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectDOMESTIC BANKS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODELS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectEFFECTS
dc.subjectEFFICIENT MARKET
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT GROWTH
dc.subjectENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectEXCHANGE
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEXPENSE
dc.subjectEXPORTER
dc.subjectEXPORTERS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectEXPOSURE
dc.subjectEXTERNAL FINANCE
dc.subjectEXTERNAL TRADE
dc.subjectFACTOR MARKETS
dc.subjectFARM INCOME
dc.subjectFEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
dc.titleEthiopia - Toward the Competitive Frontier : Strategies for Improving Ethiopia’s Investment Climate

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