Kochendörfer-Lucius, GudrunPleskovic, Boris2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418549This 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.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igoWorld BankAGGREGATE INDICATORSAGRICULTUREBUREAUCRACYBUREAUCRATIC EFFICIENCYBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS INVESTMENTBUSINESS STRATEGIESCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL STOCKCENTRAL BANKCITIZENCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCLIENT COUNTRIESCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGESCOMPETITION POLICYCOMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTCONSUMER PREFERENCESCONSUMERSCONTRACT ENFORCEMENTCORPORATE GOVERNANCECORPORATE SECTORCORRUPTIONCORRUPTION PROBLEMSCRIMECROSS-COUNTRY REGRESSIONSCUSTOMSDEBTDEMOCRATIC PROCESSDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHEXPANDING INVESTMENTEXPORT PROCESSING ZONESEXPORTSEXPROPRIATIONFACTOR MOBILITYFINANCIAL CRISESFINANCIAL MARKETSFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SYSTEMSFIXED CAPITALFOREIGN COMPANIESFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN FIRMSFOREIGN INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTORSFREE ENTRYGDPGLOBAL INTEGRATIONGLOBAL MARKETGOOD GOVERNANCEGOOD INVESTMENT CLIMATEGOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTGOVERNANCE ISSUESGROWTH RATEHUMAN CAPITALINCOMEINSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTSINSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTINSTITUTIONAL QUALITYINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONSINTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTINTERNATIONAL POLICYINVENTIONSINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT CLIMATE ISSUESINVESTMENT CLIMATESINVESTMENT DECISIONSINVESTMENT GROWTHINVESTMENT POLICIESINVESTMENT PROJECTSINVESTMENT RATEINVESTMENT RATESINVESTMENT REGIMESJUDICIAL INDEPENDENCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLEARNINGLEGAL INSTITUTIONSLEGAL STATUSLOCAL BUSINESSLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL CONDITIONSLOW TRADELOW TRADE BARRIERSLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMACROECONOMIC POLICYMARKET BARRIERSMARKET SIZEMONETARY POLICYNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSOPEN BORDERSPHONESPOLICY CREDIBILITYPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL ECONOMY OF REFORMPOLITICAL REFORMSPOLITICAL STABILITYPORTFOLIOPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTIVE CAPACITYPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPRODUCTIVITY INCREASESPROGRAMSPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSREGIONAL INTEGRATIONRULE OF LAWSERVICE DELIVERYSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSTRUCTURAL CHANGESSUB-SAHARAN AFRICASUBSIDIARY RIGHTSTAX COLLECTIONTAX INCENTIVESTAX RATESTAX SYSTEMTAXATIONTECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGETELECOMMUNICATIONTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRADE BARRIERSTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE POLICIESTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSPARENCYUNDERLYING PROBLEMWORLD INVESTMENTWORLD MARKET