The investment climate in Brazil, India, and South Africa : a comparison of approaches for sustaining economic growth in emerging economies / Qimiao Fan, Jose Guilherme Reis, Michael Jarvis, Andrew Beath & Kathrin Frauscher
By: Fan, Qimiao.
Contributor(s): Beath, Andrew | Jarvis, Michael | Reis, Jose Guilherme | Frauscher, Kathrin.
Material type: BookSeries: WBI learning resources series. Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank (WB) , 2008Description: xvi, 117p. : ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 978021373637; 082133633.Subject(s): Investments -- Government policy | Brazil -- Economic policy | India -- Economic policy -- 1991- | South Africa -- Economic policyItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Documents | BIDS Library and Documentation Center | Non-fiction | UN WB Inv-6 (Browse shelf) | C-01 | Available | 113700 |
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Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Assessing the investment climate of Brazil, India, and South Africa -- Macroeconomic and trade policy -- Macroeconomic performance -- Taxation -- Foreign trade and exchange -- The benefits of exporting : the case of Brazil -- Microeconomic framework -- Regulation -- Enforcement -- Enabling environment for growth -- Investment climate and firm location -- Access to finance -- Physical infrastructure -- Cost and availability of skilled labor -- Crime -- Potential reforms and their estimated effects -- Investment climate reform and productivity -- Examining options for microeconomic reform : access to credit -- Lessons from country experience -- A flat tax for micro and small firms : the SIMPLES reform in Brazil -- The emergence of India's software sector -- Building a respected corporate tax system in South Africa -- South Africa's accelerated and shared growth initiative -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Concept of the investment climate --Appendix B: Data sources.