Documentos e Relatórios
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What matters to African firms ? the relevance of perceptions data (Inglês)
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'...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4446 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: 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 (Inglês)
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...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Avaliação do Clima de Investimento (ICA) No. do relatório: 41972 Data do documento: 1 de setembro de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: 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 (Inglês)
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...
Qualquer tipo de documento: PSD, Política de Privatização e Industrial No. do relatório: 37171 Data do documento: 1 de junho de 2006 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: 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? (Inglês)
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...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Avaliação do Clima de Investimento (ICA) No. do relatório: 43052 Data do documento: 15 de maio de 2006 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Kweka,Josaphat Paul