Documents et rapports
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Promoting foreign investment in fragile and conflict-affected situations (anglais)
Fragile and conflict-affected situations might appear incapable of attracting significant flows of foreign investment due to their often negative international images and weak enabling environments. However...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 91190 Date du document: 1 avril 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Griffin,Carlos Roberto,Whyte,Robert
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Does e-filing reduce tax compliance costs in developing countries? (anglais)
As the use of e-fi ling of tax returns has spread from developed to developing
countries, it has been clear that this sort of reform can reduce errors and opportunities for corruption. Also, it has...Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 91191 Date du document: 1 février 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Coolidge,Jacqueline,Yilmaz,Fatih
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Global investment promotion best practices : winning tourism investment (anglais)
Global investment promotion best practices (GIPB) assess how well national investment promotion intermediaries (IPIs) from 189 countries attract investment. The assessment is carried out by a review of...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 91179 Date du document: 1 décembre 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Di Fiori,Valeria,Nevill,Hermione Louise Tara,Perrottet,John Gerard,Whyte,Robert
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Global investment promotion best practices 2012 : seizing the potential for better investment facilitation in the MENA region (anglais)
The drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region over the past three to four years stems in part from the aftermath of the recent global economic crisis...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 77101 Date du document: 1 février 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Good practices for construction regulation and enforcement reform : guidelines for reformers (anglais)
The report's main objective is to provide policy makers, regulators, and the private sector, primarily in emerging economies and developing countries, with a tool for enforcing international best practice...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 77100 Date du document: 1 janvier 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Reforming business registration : a toolkit for the practitioners (anglais)
The private sector, through investment and job creation, plays a crucial role in a country's fight against poverty. Where an effective private sector is lacking, business registration reform has been shown...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 84014 Date du document: 1 janvier 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Rahman,Aminur
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Political risk : the missing link in understanding investment climate reform? (anglais)
Political risk has once again become a key concern of investors after the perceived openness and liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) regimes in the 1990s. Governments that do not recognize...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 68295 Date du document: 1 mars 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dreyhaupt,Stephan,Hornberger,Kusisami,Nimac,Ivan Anton
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The power of renewable energy : fostering investment and competition to generate electricity (anglais)
Renewable energy is a viable, cost-effective way to provide power to rural and remote areas, lower electricity generation costs over time, and reduce costly power outages. Renewable energy technologies...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 107912 Date du document: 1 octobre 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Begazo Gomez,Tania Priscilla,Martinez Licetti,Martha
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Leveraging technology to support business registration reform : insights from recent country experience (anglais)
Governments are revamping their processes for business registration, which can help improve the competitiveness of their investment climates and drive growth in formally registered firms. Company registrars...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 64999 Date du document: 1 juillet 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Belayachi, Karim O.,Freire De Magalhaes,Numa,Meunier,Frederic,Wille,John Raymond
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Investment regulation and promotion : can they coexist in one body? (anglais)
The World Bank Group's global investment promotion benchmarking 2009 report found that nearly three-quarters of countries are missing out on much of the $1 trillion annual market for foreign direct investment...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 80253 Date du document: 1 mars 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Griffin,Carlos Roberto,Ortega Sotes,Celia,Whyte, Robert
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Egypt as regional platform for alternative dispute resolution in the Arab world (anglais)
Despite Egypt's significant economic reforms over the past years and the country's relatively advanced judicial system, contract enforcement remains one of the main bottlenecks in business operations...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 58772 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Alternative dispute resolution center manual : guide for practitioners on establishing and managing ADR centers (anglais)
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) projects sponsored by International Finance Centre (IFC) have been established in 16 countries. These projects have adopted different models and approaches best suited...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 78223 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Barbieri,Gina Lea
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Pakistan : Alternative Dispute Resolution Project (anglais)
Settling a commercial dispute in Pakistan is known to be a slow and unsatisfactory process which stunts the growth of the private sector and discourages investment. The pilot's main objective was to foster...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 58768 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Guidelines : procurement of goods, works and non-consulting services under IBRD loans and IDA credits and grants by World Bank borrowers : Diretrizes para seleção e contratação de consultores pelos mutuários do Banco Mundial (portugais)
The purpose of these guidelines is to inform those carrying out a project that is financed in whole or in part by a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a credit...
Type de document: Rapport aux Administrateurs Numéro du rapport: 58668 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Guidelines : procurement of goods, works and non-consulting services under IBRD loans and IDA credits and grants by World Bank borrowers (anglais)
The purpose of these guidelines is to inform those carrying out a project that is financed in whole or in part by a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a credit...
Type de document: Rapport aux Administrateurs Numéro du rapport: 58668 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Guidelines : procurement of goods, works and non-consulting services under IBRD loans and IDA credits and grants by World Bank borrowers (chinois)
The purpose of these guidelines is to inform those carrying out a project that is financed in whole or in part by a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a credit...
Type de document: Rapport aux Administrateurs Numéro du rapport: 58668 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Using strategic communications to engage stakeholders in tax reform (anglais)
Strategic communications is used to build support and local ownership for reform initiatives while diffusing stakeholder opposition. It addresses the critical 'people' side of the reform process by fostering...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 59820 Date du document: 1 décembre 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Rahman,Shaela
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Using taxation to enable a fair and thriving mining industry (anglais)
Tax policy is an important tool for attracting investment and spurring growth in mining a valuable industry. This note examines the implications of tax policy from the perspectives of governments and investors...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 59792 Date du document: 1 juin 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Tadros,Farid M.,Svensson,Kristina
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Taxing tourism in developing countries (anglais)
A good investment climate for tourism, underpinned by a sound tax regime, can play a central role in a government's growth and development strategy. Yet in many countries, tax systems for the tourism sector...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 59819 Date du document: 1 juin 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Corthay,Laurent Olivier,Loeprick,Jan
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Reforming customs clearance in Pakistan (anglais)
Simple, fast, transparent customs clearance procedures encourage trade-and the resulting tariffs and related taxes raise government revenue and stimulate economic development. After outsourcing failed...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 59823 Date du document: 1 avril 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ahmad,Manzoor