World Bank Investor Confidence Survey

10.1596/36581 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhishek Saurav ◽  
Peter Kusek ◽  
Mark Albertson
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Investor Confidence

Poll will pose short-term hurdle for Zambia's IMF deal

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Investor Confidence ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Current Account Deficits ◽  
High Inflation ◽  
Power Deficit

Subject Outlook for Zambia's IMF programme. Significance The World Bank in its most recent report expects Zambia's GDP growth to slow to 3.4% this year from 3.6% in 2015. The slowdown is symptomatic of an array of macroeconomic challenges -- including low commodity prices, drought, currency volatility, high inflation, fiscal and current account deficits and rising debt burdens -- that have driven the Patriotic Front (PF) government to seek assistance from the IMF. Impacts Glencore's plans to invest 1.1 billion dollars in its Mopani mine will extend the asset's life, possibly by up to 25 years. The new variable mining tax system, in which tax rates rise and fall depending on global metals prices, will improve investor confidence. The substantial power deficit will persist due to the drought, which is depressing hydroelectricity output, and dilapidated facilities. Recent investments in renewables capacity -- in particular, solar power -- will prove insufficient to mitigate electricity shortages.

Supervision change could politicise banking in Georgia

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Asian Development Bank ◽  
Banking Supervision ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bank Supervision ◽  
Investor Confidence ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Stability

Significance Tensions between the governing Georgian Dream (GD) coalition, President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Kadagidze have risen rapidly in recent months, sparked by the government's controversial bill on bank supervision. The GD bill would transfer supervision of banks and other financial institutions from the NBG to a new agency. The bill has been criticised by the NBG, the president and multilateral agencies, including the IMF, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank. Impacts Members of the government will continue to blame the NBG for the lari's depreciation, in a bid to deflect criticism from themselves. Separating banking supervision from the NBG will lead to concerns over the stability of the financial sector. Investor confidence will be undermined, potentially weighing on foreign investment inflows in the short term.

World Bank/USAID co-hosted debate on "funding allocations for HIV/AIDS", webcasted live from the World Bank

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Mah ◽  
Marelize Gorgens ◽  
Elizabeth Ashbourne ◽  
Cristina Romero ◽  
Nejma Cheikh
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Hiv Aids

World Bank pinpoints disaster hot spots

Nature ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre Lockwood
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Hot Spots

Inside the World Bank

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Yi-chong ◽  
Patrick Weller
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

Ease of Doing Business and Its Impact on Inward FDI

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Tareq Hossain ◽  
Zubair Hassan ◽  
Sumaiya Shafiq ◽  
Abdul Basit
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Least Square Regression ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Ease Of Doing Business ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Starting A Business

This study investigates the impact of Ease of Doing Business on Inward FDI over the period from 2011 to 2015 across the globe. This study measures ease of doing business using starting a business, getting credit, registering property, paying taxes and enforcing contracts. The research used a sample of 177 countries from 190 countries listed in World Bank. Least square regression model via E-views software used to examine causal relationship. The study found that ease of doing business indicators ‘Enforcing Contracts’ was found to have a positive significant impact on Inward FDI. Nevertheless, ‘Getting Credit’ and ‘Registering Property’ were found to have a negative significant impact on Inward FDI. However, ‘Starting a Business’ and ‘Paying Taxes’ have no significant impact on Inward FDI in the studied timeframe of this research. The findings of the study suggested the ease of doing business enables inward FDI through better contract enforcements, getting credit and registering property. The findings of the research will assist international managers and companies to know the importance of ease of doing business when investing in foreign countries through FDI.

Challenges of the Crisis: How to Measure Sustainable Development?

2015 ◽  
pp. 147-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bobylev ◽  
N. Zubarevich ◽  
S. Solovyeva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Calculation Methods ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Sustainable Development Indicators ◽  
Adjusted Net Savings

The article emphasizes the fact that traditional socio-economic indicators do not reflect the challenges of sustainable development adequately, and this is particularly true for the widely-used GDP indicator. In this connection the elaboration of sustainable development indicators is needed, taking into account economic, social and environmental factors. For Russia, adaptation and use of concepts and basic principles of calculation methods for adjusted net savings index (World Bank) and human development index (UNDP) as integral indicators can be promising. The authors have developed the sustainable development index for Russia, which aggregates and allows taking into account balanced economic, social and environmental indicators.

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