The global financial crisis has led to rising interest in private sector development and economic growth. There is strong evidence that crises can stimulate investment climate reform. A better investment climate makes economic adjustment easier and helps attract capital to create jobs and provide basic services. Well functioning finance markets and a robust private sector are critical in increasing productivity and growth and spreading equality of opportunity. The availability of cross-country data on the business environment has rapidly expanded in recent years, including data from the World Bank's doing business project and enterprise surveys. These data sources report on the scope and types of regulations that enhance, and constrain, business activity and provide information on business owners' assessments of the business environment. The data have led to new research, enabled benchmarking, and informed the reform process in many developing countries. Included in this guide are indicators on the economic and social context, the investment climate, private sector investment, finance and banking, and infrastructure. Though a pocket guide cannot include all relevant variables, the indicators that are included provide users with a general understanding of the private sector in each country. Indicators displayed in the tables are defined in the glossary, which also lists data sources.
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Document Date
2010/05/28
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Document Type
World Development Indicators
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Report Number
55025
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Volume No
1
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1
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2010/06/15
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Disclosed
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Doc Name
The little data book on private sector development 2010
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Keywords
high marginal tax rate;Federated States of Micronesia;consumer price index;foreign direct investment;import of goods;export of goods;electric power consumption;information on business;types of regulation;equality of opportunity;global financial crisis;gross national income;investment climate reform;social context;unemployment rate;exchange rate;Exchange Rates;electrical connection;private capital;government cash;financial system;nonperforming loan;gross loans;business entry;domestic credit;total tax;tax official;firing cost;cellular subscription;power outage;middle-income economy;business environment;political independence;reform process;proportional change;regional aggregates;low-income economy;missing data;small economy;economic statistic;investment finance;banking infrastructure;cross-country data;increase productivity;finance market;
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The little data book on private sector development 2010 (English). World development indicators Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/807551468337472499/The-little-data-book-on-private-sector-development-2010