TY - BOOK AU - Fan,Qimiao ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The investment climate in Brazil, India, and South Africa: a comparison of approaches for sustaining economic growth in emerging economies T2 - WBI learning resources series AV - HC187 .I66 2008eb U1 - 330.9172/4 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank KW - Investments KW - Government policy KW - Brazil KW - Economic policy KW - India KW - 1991- KW - South Africa KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-117); 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10212640 ER -