As economic conditions begin to improve in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign investors face new challenges that are impeding a complete recovery. Results from the latest round (Q2 2021) of World...
In the second year of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the world continues to grapple with its health, social, and economic impacts. There are signs of recovery, but supply chains, workplaces, and...
The objective of the WeTour survey was to collect data on the barriers to business performance and competitiveness of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the tourism and tourism-related sectors...
The objective of the WeTour survey was to collect data on the barriers to business performance and competitiveness of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the tourism and tourism-related sectors...
As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic enters its second year, foreign investors can see light at the end of the tunnel as economic conditions improve. Results from the latest round (Q1 2021) of World...
For more than a year, the world has been grappling with the unprecedented global health, social, and economic crisis caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Consumer demand, supply chains, workplaces...
A fourth round of the quarterly pulse survey, reflecting the last quarter of 2020, was administered in February 2021. This round of the survey included new questions reflecting on 2020, and the impacts...
As the COVID-19 crisis extends into the second half of 2020, the outlook for both the pandemic and the associated economic crisis remains highly uncertain. In this environment, multinational enterprises...
Developing countries today confront an unprecedented combination of challenges of the need for inclusive growth, worsening environmental degradation, and the impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
This paper provides insights to inform government efforts to attract and retain foreign direct investment, by analyzing the results of a survey of more than 2,400 affiliates of multinational enterprises...
Transparent and predictable legal and regulatory environments for investment are critical. Prior research suggests that the quality of a country’s legal and regulatory environment, also known as the investment...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the global economy, triggering the deepest global recession of the past eight decades. Together, the crisis and public health response have caused both...
This survey of literature explores the heterogeneous effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on employment outcomes in three types of domestic firms: foreign-owned local firms that are affiliates of...
To assess the impact of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic on multinational enterprises affiliates in developing countries, the World Bank Group conducted a foreign investor pulse survey in March 2020...
To assess the impact of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic on multinational enterprises affiliates in developing countries, the World Bank Group conducted a foreign investor pulse survey in March 2020...
The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the productivity of domestic firms is significant, but the economic gains from FDI are not guaranteed to be large or positive for individual firms. The...
This paper is a technical note, intended to inform the implementation of the OECS Regional Tourism Competitiveness Project in areas related to tourism market development, by shedding light on the impact...
Theory of Change in tourism is about understanding why and how change happens, so that development programs can make the most of the development potential of this sector. It is critically important that...