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An Assessment of the Investment Climate in South Africa

The objective of the South Africa Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to evaluate the investment climate in South Africa in all its operational dimensions and to promote policies to strengthen the private sector. The investment climate is made u...

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Main Authors:	Clarke, George R.G., Habyarimana, James, Ingram, Michael, Kaplan, David, Ramachandran, Vijaya
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSENTEEISM ACCESS TO CAPITAL ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCING AGRICULTURE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATES AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BANK CREDIT BANK LOAN BANK LOANS BANKS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BOOK VALUE BUSINESS INVESTMENT CALCULATION CALCULATIONS CAPACITY UTILIZATION CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL STOCK COLLATERAL COMMODITY COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS CORPORATE INVESTMENT CORPORATE INVESTMENTS CORPORATE SAVING CORPORATE SAVINGS CORPORATE TAX RATES COST OF LABOR COUNTRY COMPARISONS CURRENCY CURRENT PRICES DEBT DEPRECIATION DOLLAR PRICES DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC SAVING DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES EARNINGS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES EMERGING MARKET ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTERPRISE OPERATION ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE INSTABILITY EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR MARKETS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCING OF INVESTMENT FIRM PERFORMANCE FIXED CAPITAL FIXED INVESTMENT FORECASTS FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INFLOWS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FUTURE GROWTH GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL INCENTIVES TO SAVE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME STATEMENTS INCOME TAX INDIRECT COSTS INFLATION INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES INVESTMENT ACTIVITY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT FUNDS INVESTMENT PROJECTS INVESTMENT RATE INVESTMENT RATES INVESTMENT SPENDING LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LACK OF COMPETITION LACK OF CREDIT LARGE ENTERPRISES LARGE FIRMS LIVING STANDARDS LOAN LOCAL CURRENCY LOW INCOME MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET SIZE METROPOLITAN AREAS MICRO ENTERPRISES MICROENTERPRISES MONETARY FUND MONOPOLY NATIONAL TREASURY NATURAL RESOURCES NET PROFIT NEW ENTRANTS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ORGANIZED CRIME OVERDRAFT FACILITIES OVERDRAFT FACILITY OVERHEAD COSTS PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL RISK POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRICE INDEX PRICE TAKERS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROFIT RATE PROFITABILITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION PAYMENTS RATE OF INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN REAL ESTATE REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE RATES REAL GDP REAL INTEREST REAL INTEREST RATES RECENT LOAN REGULATORY BURDEN RENTS RESERVE RESERVE BANK RETAINED EARNINGS RETURNS RULE OF LAW SALARIES SALARY SALES SAVINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECURITY COSTS SHARES OF INVESTMENT SKILLED WORKERS SMALLER FIRMS SOURCE OF INFORMATION STATEMENTS SUBSIDIARY SYSTEMIC RISK TAX RATES TAXATION THE SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK TOTAL COST TOTAL COSTS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CREDIT TRADE REGIME TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED WORKER UNSKILLED WORKERS VALUABLE VALUE ADDED WAGE WAGE GROWTH WAGES WORKING CAPITAL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8149768/south-africa-assessment-investment-climate http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6738

An Assessment of the Investment Climate in South Africa

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