Reducing Administrative Barriers to Investment : Lessons Learned.

By: Jacobs, ScotContributor(s): Coolidge, JacquelineMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Herndon : World Bank Publications, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (42 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780821364956Subject(s): Investments, Foreign -- Government policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reducing Administrative Barriers to Investment : Lessons LearnedDDC classification: 332.67/3 LOC classification: HG4538 -- .J217 2006ebOnline resources: Click to View
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TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- I. ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT -- II. CURRENT REFORM EFFORTS -- Timeline for FIAS's Work on Administrative Barriers -- III. BASIS OF APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES -- Good Governance -- Commitment to an Environment That Enables Private Sector Development -- Costs of Administrative Burdens -- IV. DIAGNOSTICS AND SOLUTIONS ARE PAYING OFF -- Progress in Resolving Administrative Burdens -- FIAS Project Conclusions -- V. EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION: A VITAL STARTING POINT FOR REFORM -- VI. KEY SUCCESS FACTORS FOR REFORM -- Seven Good Practices -- Appendix: Investment Climate Indicators: An Industry in Itself -- Bibliography -- BOXES -- Box 1: FIAS and Administrative Barriers -- Box 2: Benchmarking Administrative Burdens and Barriers -- Box 3: Inspection Reforms in Latvia -- Box 4: Cutting Red Tape in Turkey -- Box 5: Reducing Administrative Barriers in the Netherlands and the United States -- Box 6: Implementation Assistance in Tomsk Oblast -- Box 7: Good Practices in Other Countries: eGovernment Solutions to Administrative Barriers -- FIGURES -- Figure 1: Total and Average Number of FIAS Recommendations per Country, by Topic -- Figure 2: Duration of Inspections in Latvia, 2001-03.
Summary: This book describes the recent activities of the Foreign Investment Advisory Service (a joint facility of the IFC and the World Bank) to help governments in developing and transition economies to identify and remove administrative barriers to investment. Lessons learned include the critical need for political will to implement reforms, leadership from center of government, and capacity to ensure sound implementation of legislative and regulatory reform over an extended period of time, including regular monitoring and evaluation.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- I. ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT -- II. CURRENT REFORM EFFORTS -- Timeline for FIAS's Work on Administrative Barriers -- III. BASIS OF APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES -- Good Governance -- Commitment to an Environment That Enables Private Sector Development -- Costs of Administrative Burdens -- IV. DIAGNOSTICS AND SOLUTIONS ARE PAYING OFF -- Progress in Resolving Administrative Burdens -- FIAS Project Conclusions -- V. EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION: A VITAL STARTING POINT FOR REFORM -- VI. KEY SUCCESS FACTORS FOR REFORM -- Seven Good Practices -- Appendix: Investment Climate Indicators: An Industry in Itself -- Bibliography -- BOXES -- Box 1: FIAS and Administrative Barriers -- Box 2: Benchmarking Administrative Burdens and Barriers -- Box 3: Inspection Reforms in Latvia -- Box 4: Cutting Red Tape in Turkey -- Box 5: Reducing Administrative Barriers in the Netherlands and the United States -- Box 6: Implementation Assistance in Tomsk Oblast -- Box 7: Good Practices in Other Countries: eGovernment Solutions to Administrative Barriers -- FIGURES -- Figure 1: Total and Average Number of FIAS Recommendations per Country, by Topic -- Figure 2: Duration of Inspections in Latvia, 2001-03.

This book describes the recent activities of the Foreign Investment Advisory Service (a joint facility of the IFC and the World Bank) to help governments in developing and transition economies to identify and remove administrative barriers to investment. Lessons learned include the critical need for political will to implement reforms, leadership from center of government, and capacity to ensure sound implementation of legislative and regulatory reform over an extended period of time, including regular monitoring and evaluation.

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