Investment Climate Reform, Competition Policy and Economic Development: Some Country Experiences

A survey of countries reveals that most have sought seriously to improve their investment climates through changes in their business regulatory laws, including competition policy, and administration. The survey also found that there is broad agreement that competition policy is important for economi...

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Main Author: Preston, John
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9148
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Summary:A survey of countries reveals that most have sought seriously to improve their investment climates through changes in their business regulatory laws, including competition policy, and administration. The survey also found that there is broad agreement that competition policy is important for economic development yet very few countries indeed have attempted to quantify the impact of competition policy. A diminishing, but still significant, number of developing countries do not have a competition law.