Download or read book An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Kenya written by Giuseppe Iarossi and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a survey of 781 establishments, this book sheds light on some of the most important policy issues required to put Kenya on a higher growth path. It highlights the challenges that the country's businesses face today and what government can do to overcome such obstacles.
Download or read book An Assessment of the Investment Climate in South Africa written by Vijaya Ramachandran and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007-05-10 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most aspects of South Africa's investment climate the location-specific factors that shape opportunities and incentives for firms to invest productively, create jobs, and grow are favorable. The majority of large, registered firms believe that the legal system is able to protect their property rights. Infrastructure is reliable. Tax rates are relatively low. The burden of regulation is comparable to other middle-income countrries. Few firms pay bribes. And most firms have adequate access to credit. In many dimensions, South Africa has a good investment climate. Consistent with this, large South African firms are very productive. Labor productivity is far higher than in the most productive low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and compares favorably with other middle-income countries such as Brazil, Lithuania, Malaysia, and Poland. And although labor productivity in South Africa is slightly lower than in the most productive cities in China, it is over three times higher than in China as a whole. So, why hasn't South Africa been growing faster? As this title explores, while the investment climate is generally favorable, some problems remain. Firms appear to be particularly concerned about four areas: difficulty hiring skilled and educated workers, rigid labor regulations, exchange rate instability, and crime. Using rigorous statistical information on these and related topics, the book aims to assist policy makers and private sector stakeholders in developing reforms that will improve firm performance and growth.
Download or read book Kenya s Investment Climate Analysis written by Chrispen B. O. H. Maende and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Nigeria written by Giuseppe Iarossi and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds light on some of the most important policy issues required to put Nigeria on a higher growth path. It highlights the challenges that Nigeria's businesses face today and what government can do to overcome such obstacles.
Download or read book Kenya written by International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Climate Module of the Public Investment Management Assessment for Kenya reveals strong performance in climate-aware planning and coordination. However, the analysis identifies challenges incorporating climate sensitivity in the project appraisal, selection, budgeting, and fiscal risk management processes. Implementing targeted modifications in these areas, such as enhancing project appraisal and selection criteria to include climate impacts, improving mechanisms for tracking climate expenditures, and expanding fiscal risk analysis to cover climate-related risks, could strengthen Kenya's public investment management practices and promote greater climate resilience.
Download or read book Investment climate assessment for circular bioeconomy review of national policies and strategies in Kenya written by Hagos, Fitsum and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions. Colombo, Sri Lanka
Download or read book An Assessment of Factors Affecting Foreign Direct Investment in Kenya MBA Thesis written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to conduct an assessment of the factors that affect Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Kenya. The objectives of this study were to determine the existing barriers to making foreign direct investment in Kenya, to assess the existing potential risks to making foreign direct investment in Kenya and to assess the extent to which Kenyan labor force affects the foreign investment decisions of multinationals in Kenya. The design of the study was descriptive in nature. The research used both qualitative and quantitative data. The study focused on the population of 812 the multinational companies with offices in Nairobi, selected key informants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Kenya and also key informants from the Development Partners. The study?s sample was 72 respondents from Multinational companies with offices in Nairobi, selected key informants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Kenya and also key informants from the Development Partners. Structured questionnaires were used to gather information from key informants. The SPSS software was used to analyze the collected data to produce frequency distribution tables, mean and regression analysis of the dependent and independent variables. Regarding the barriers to making FDI in Kenya, the study revealed that generally Kenya did not have a good political environment for making FDI. The study also revealed that the fear of wrangling amongst political parties in Kenya, the frequent fluctuations in interest and currency and unfavorable cost of doing business in Kenya affected the FDI decisions of Multinational Companies. The study revealed that the potential risks to making foreign investments in Kenya were the existing level of corruption in Kenya, the current market restrictions and existing non-attractive investment policies. The study also revealed that on average multinationals would employ a Kenyan to a Chief Executive position in their organizations, mainly because the available labor force in Kenya had the commensurate skills requirements to work for a Multinational Company. However the study indicated that the current level of labor costs of the Kenyan labor force was a major concern for a potential Multinational seeking to make an FDI decision in Kenya. In conclusion, the benefits of FDI would only ensue to countries, sectors and local communities, if national policies facilitated the development of attractive investment frameworks and if country specific risks would be a threat to multinational companies as they created instabilities that would make the costs of doing businesses unpredictable were addressed. To ensure consistent FDI inflows it would be important for government institutions that were responsible for making and implementing policies that affected a country?s investment climate to work towards improving environmental factors that influenced FDI. Finally given that the quality of labor and their related costs were an important factor in deciding location of FDI especially for some labor-intensive manufacturing industries, FDI recipient countries would therefore develop internal strategies to ensure that their labor market resources are equipped with the relevant skills, education and productivity levels and that would be attractive for a potential FDI partner. The study recommended that the Government of Kenya, through the relevant national bodies re-evaluated the existing framework and strategies for attracting FDI by ensuring that the identified barriers, uncertainties to making FDI were addressed. Further it was also imperative that the Kenyan Government developed a framework for ensuring that its citizens remained competitive and potentially attractive to Multinational Companies.
Download or read book The Investment Climate in Brazil India and South Africa written by Andrew Beath and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strong investment climate is a platform for economic success. By creating opportunities and setting incentives for firms to invest and productively employ inputs, the investment climate is critical to economic growth and prosperity. Analyzing and comparing the investment climate of Brazil, India, and South Africa, three of today's largest emerging economies, this book presents policy makers with the scope of investment climate reforms in these countries. Inter- and intra-country benchmarking can be a starting point for dialogue between the government and private sector on reform priorities and help to encourage the sharing of best practices. Our hope is that this book will encourage and facilitate reform steps that can improve the investment climate in emerging economies.
Download or read book Kenya written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investment Climate Reforms written by World Bank World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private firms are at the forefront of the development process, providing more than 90 percent of jobs, supplying goods and services, and representing a significant source of tax revenues. Their ability to grow, create jobs, and reduce poverty depends critically on a well-functioning investment climate--defined as the policy, legal, and institutional arrangements underpinning the functioning of markets and the level of transaction costs and risks associated with starting, operating, and closing a business. The World Bank Group has provided extensive support to investment climate reforms. This evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) assesses the relevance, effectiveness, and social value of World Bank Group support to investment climate reforms as it relates to concerns for inclusion and shared prosperity. IEG finds that the World Bank Group has supported a comprehensive menu of investment climate reforms and has improved investment climate in countries, as measured by number of laws enacted, streamlining of processes and time, or simple cost savings for private firms. However, the impact on investment, jobs, business formation, and growth is not straightforward. Regulatory reforms need to be designed and implemented with both economic and social costs and benefits in mind; IEG found that, in practice, World Bank Group support focuses predominantly on reducing costs to businesses. In supporting investment climate reforms, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation use two distinct but complementary business models. Despite the fact that investment climate is the most integrated business unit in the World Bank Group, coordination is mostly informal, relying mainly on personal contacts. IEG recommends that the World Bank Group expand its range of diagnostic tools and integrate them in the areas of the business environment not yet covered by existing tools; develop an approach to identify the social effects of regulatory reforms on all groups expected to be affected by them beyond the business community; and exploit synergies by ensuring that World Bank and IFC staff improve their understanding of each other's work and business models.
Download or read book Investing in Climate Investing in Growth written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides an assessment of how governments can generate inclusive economic growth in the short term, while making progress towards climate goals to secure sustainable long-term growth. It describes the development pathways required to meet the Paris Agreement objectives.
Download or read book An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Nigeria written by Giuseppe Iarossi and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds light on some of the most important policy issues required to put Nigeria on a higher growth path. It highlights the challenges that Nigeria's businesses face today and what government can do to overcome such obstacles.
Download or read book An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Uganda written by Weltbank and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of the Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) of Uganda is to evaluate the investment climate in Uganda in all its operational dimensions and to promote policies to strengthen the private sector and encourage broad-based economic growth. Sustained improvements in living standards depend on broad-based growth. Growth will only occur, however, if firms improve their productivity by investing in human and physical capital and by increasing their technological capacity. But firms will only do this when the investment climate is favorable. Throughout the report, Uganda's investment climate is compared to the investment climates of three groups of countries: 1) nearby countries in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi); 2) middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) that have successfully diversified out of primary production into other sectors (Mauritius, South Africa and Swaziland); and 3) several fast growing countries in East Asia that have also successfully diversified out of primary production into export-oriented manufacturing (China, Malaysia, and Thailand). Finally, infrastructure appears to be a more serious problem for microenterprises than for Small, Medium-sized or Large Enterprise (SMLEs). Although the differences in the number of outages and losses during transportation between registered microenterprises, unregistered microenterprises, and SMLEs were small and statistically insignificant, access does appear to be a more serious problem for microenterprises.
Download or read book Institutional Factors and Foreign Direct Investment Flows written by Rose Ngugi and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investment Climate Assessment written by Weltbank and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Investment Climate Assessment is based on an analysis of data collected in the Investment Climate Survey of manufacturing firms in Tanzania. The survey was conducted between April and July 2003 by the World Bank and the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) in Dar es Salaam, in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The assessment compares measures of firm performance and the investment climate in Tanzania with similar measures in Kenya, Uganda, India, and China. The report makes policy recommendations that include reducing the burden of taxation, improving the performance of the power sector, enhancing the effectiveness of financial services and access to credit, reducing corruption, maintaining macroeconomic stability, improving ties to the international economy, and increasing productivity.
Download or read book Kenya written by Weltbank and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conclusions of the recently-conducted Kenya Investment Climate Assessment (ICA), based on a survey of 368 firms, have a bearing on the country's growth agenda. The results have a bearing on the key issue of labor productivity and its implications on firm performance, revealing that capital-intensity in Kenya was relatively high, compared to the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and also to firms in China and India, but also relatively less productive. Labor productivity in Kenya had not improved materially over the past decade or so, so that unit labor costs compared very unfavorably with those prevailing in Asian countries like India, China, Indonesia or Thailand. Major constraints to doing business cited by firms in the survey related to infrastructure, tax administration and corruption. On infrastructure, power supply was seen as the most problematic, on account of the high number of outages, compounded by high losses in transmission and distribution. 64 percent of firms reported damage to equipment on account of power outages or fluctuations valued at nearly $15,000 per firm per year. To cope with these outages 70 percent of firms had acquired generators, further adding to the cost of doing business. Road and rail services were reported by most firms as being of very poor quality, and nearly a quarter of firms reported having to spend their own resources to improve the quality of roads in surrounding areas. On corruption, three quarters of firms surveyed reported this as a problem, though only about half reported having to spend resources in terms of unofficial payments.
Download or read book An Investment Assessment of the Kenyan Health Provision Sector written by Simon Sebergsen and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confirms that investors have to recognise the importance of both formal and informal institutions in order to fully grasp the opportunities and challenges in the Nairobian health provision sector. The primary institutional obstacles when doing business in Kenya are the level of corruption and crime, the political and economic instability, and the complex tax system. The EAC Common Market and the new constitution addresses all of the above mentioned challenges, and thus holds great potential to facilitate the development of the private sector healthcare in Kenya. If the GOK manages to implement the policies they have formulated, the stage is set for a stable political and economic environment that will foster a sound business climate in the health provision sector with great potential particularly in the fast growing middle class segment in Nairobi that is estimated to quadruple by 2025.
