A better investment climate for everyone.
Contributors: Smith, Warrick, 1960-; World Bank.
Series: World development report -- 2005
Publisher: World Bank; Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Investments; Commercial policy; Business enterprises; Economic policy; Costs, Industrial
Notes: "This Report has been prepared by a team led by Warrick Smith ... "--P. xv.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-242).

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Table of contents: title: Pt.1. Improving the investment climate; title: The investment climate, growth, and poverty --; title: Confronting the underlying challenges --; title: Tackling a broad agenda -- -- Pt.2. Delivering the basics; title: Stability and security --; title: Regulation and taxation --; title: Finance and infrastructure --; title: Workers and labor markets -- -- Pt.3. Going beyond the basics?; title: Selective interventions --; title: International rules and standards -- -- Pt.4. How the international community can help; title: How the international community can help -- -- Selected indicators; title: Measuring the investment climate --; title: Selected world development indicators