Documents et rapports
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What matters to African firms ? the relevance of perceptions data (anglais)
Can perceptions data help us understand investment climate constraints facing the private sector? Or do firms simply complain about everything? In this paper, the authors provide a picture of how firms'...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4446 Date du document: 1 décembre 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gelb,Alan Harold,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia,Turner,Ginger Leigh
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How does influence-peddling impact industrial competition? Evidence from enterprise surveys in Africa (anglais)
Prior research has emphasized that the high costs and risks arising from a poor investment climate-lack of clear property rights, macro-instability, the burden of regulation and taxation, poor infrastructure...
Type de document: Évaluation du climat de l’investissement (ICA) Numéro du rapport: 41972 Date du document: 1 septembre 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia,Tata,Gaiv Maneck
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Does the private sector care about AIDS? Evidence from investment climate surveys in East Africa (anglais)
This paper analyzes the determinants of firms' decision to provide HIV/AIDS prevention activities. Using data from 860 firms and 4,955 workers in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, it shows that larger firms...
Type de document: DSP, Privatisations et politiques industrielles Numéro du rapport: 37171 Date du document: 1 juin 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia,Turner,Ginger Leigh
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A comparative analysis of firm based training in East African manufacturing sector : does level of education matter? (anglais)
Using World Bank's (2003) firm-level Investment Climate Survey (ICS) data for Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, this paper examines extent in which education and skill levels are important determinants of Firm-based...
Type de document: Évaluation du climat de l’investissement (ICA) Numéro du rapport: 43052 Date du document: 15 mai 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kweka,Josaphat Paul