Berlin Workshop Series 2005 : Investment Climate, Growth, and Poverty

Kochendörfer-Lucius, Gudrun; Pleskovic, Boris

Berlin Workshop Series 2005 : Investment Climate, Growth, and Poverty

Autores

Kochendörfer-Lucius, Gudrun

Pleskovic, Boris

Editor

Washington, DC: World Bank

Descripción

This report addresses topics discussed at the fifth annual forum of the Berlin Workshop Series co-hosted by InWent and the World Bank, held in September 2003. At the meetings, key researchers and policy makers from Europe, the United States, and developing countries around the world met to identify and brainstorm on development challenges and successes that are examined in-depth in the World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone (report no. 28829). This title presents selected papers from the meetings which highlight key issues on investment climate; covering such issues as property and contractual rights, financial markets, regulation, governance, and corruption.

Palabras clave

AGGREGATE INDICATORS, AGRICULTURE, BUREAUCRACY, BUREAUCRATIC EFFICIENCY, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS INVESTMENT, BUSINESS STRATEGIES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITAL STOCK, CENTRAL BANK, CITIZEN, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CLIENT COUNTRIES, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES, COMPETITION POLICY, COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT, CONSUMER PREFERENCES, CONSUMERS, CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, CORPORATE SECTOR, CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION PROBLEMS, CRIME, CROSS-COUNTRY REGRESSIONS, CUSTOMS, DEBT, DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EXPANDING INVESTMENT, EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES, EXPORTS, EXPROPRIATION, FACTOR MOBILITY, FINANCIAL CRISES, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, FIXED CAPITAL, FOREIGN COMPANIES, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN FIRMS, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTORS, FREE ENTRY, GDP, GLOBAL INTEGRATION, GLOBAL MARKET, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOOD INVESTMENT CLIMATE, GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENT, GOVERNANCE ISSUES, GROWTH RATE, HUMAN CAPITAL, INCOME, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT, INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY, INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT, INTERNATIONAL POLICY, INVENTIONS, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT CLIMATE ISSUES, INVESTMENT CLIMATES, INVESTMENT DECISIONS, INVESTMENT GROWTH, INVESTMENT POLICIES, INVESTMENT PROJECTS, INVESTMENT RATE, INVESTMENT RATES, INVESTMENT REGIMES, JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LEARNING, LEGAL INSTITUTIONS, LEGAL STATUS, LOCAL BUSINESS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL CONDITIONS, LOW TRADE, LOW TRADE BARRIERS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, MACROECONOMIC POLICY, MARKET BARRIERS, MARKET SIZE, MONETARY POLICY, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, OPEN BORDERS, PHONES, POLICY CREDIBILITY, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL ECONOMY OF REFORM, POLITICAL REFORMS, POLITICAL STABILITY, PORTFOLIO, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCTION PROCESS, PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY, PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES, PROGRAMS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, RULE OF LAW, SERVICE DELIVERY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STRUCTURAL CHANGES, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SUBSIDIARY RIGHTS, TAX COLLECTION, TAX INCENTIVES, TAX RATES, TAX SYSTEM, TAXATION, TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE, TELECOMMUNICATION, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, TRADE BARRIERS, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE POLICIES, TRANSITION ECONOMIES, TRANSPARENCY, UNDERLYING PROBLEM, WORLD INVESTMENT, WORLD MARKET