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An assessment of the investment climate in South Africa /

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 prope...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Clarke, George R. G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2007.
Colección:Directions in development. Private sector development.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Macroeconomic background
  • Economic growth
  • Investment and savings
  • Interest rates and inflation
  • Exchange rate
  • Ch. 2. analysis of firm performance
  • Productivity
  • Profitability
  • Exporting
  • Ch. 3. Characteristics of the labor market
  • Worker characteristics
  • Remuneration and determinants of wages
  • Employment growth
  • Training
  • Labor regulation
  • Ch. 4. Access to and cost of finance
  • Finance as an obstacle to enterprise operations and growth
  • Perceptions about access to finance by firm type
  • Objective indicators on access to and the cost of finance
  • Ch. 5. Other aspects of the investment climate
  • Perceptions about investment climate problems
  • Major constraints on enterprise operation and growth
  • Other constraints on enterprise operations and growth.