What Matters to African Firms? The Relevance of Perceptions Data

Alan Gelb, Vijaya Ramachandran, Manju Kedia Shah and Ginger Turner
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Alan Gelb: Development Policy at the World Bank, USA
Vijaya Ramachandran: Development Policy at the World Bank, USA

Chapter 10 in Financial Inclusion, Innovation, and Investments:Biotechnology and Capital Markets Working for the Poor, 2011, pp 197-225 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:Introduction: Firm Perceptions of the Investment ClimateWhat Do Perceptions Tell Us? A Review of the LiteratureRankings versus RatingsSome Previous StudiesConstraints in Investment Climate SurveysCountry Profiles and Country-Level Differences in Firm PerceptionsCountry Profiles and Other Country-Level IndicatorsFirm-Level AnalysisA Model of Firm ResponsesCamels and HipposConclusionBibliography

Keywords: Financial Markets; Biotechnology; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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