... requirements, they own at least $2.5 million in investments We strongly support that proposal,16 or any other formulation that would modernize the existing thresholds.17 There is no question that private ... imperative that the Commission ensure that private funds are available only to financially sophisticated investors who are able to bear the economic risk of their investment Specifically, the ... all of the other practices listed in the rule carry the same potential for fraud and are equally likely to be made by private funds, ultimately to the detriment of their shareholders and the broader...
... countries taking the lead The Call for Integrated Strategies and Partnerships Other aspects emphasised in the Plan of Implementation included the need to integrate health concerns into strate- http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/1/1/8 ... trade negotiations and the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus negotiated atthe International Conference on Financing for Development held in Monterrey, Mexico In addition, the final chapter ... Differentiated Responsibilities" agreed to in Rio Other issues which were controversial included debate about the need for stronger governance atthe international and national levels (the former...
... of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work The boundaries, colors, denominations, ... by the Map Design Unit of The World BankThe boundaries, colors, denominations and any other information shown on this map not imply, on the part of The World Bank Group, any judgment on the ... except the United States; data for the United States are from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Macrohistory database Note: Reference year may not identify the beginning of the crisis...
... States plagued by fiscal woes rethink their stance on the death penalty AN EYE for an eye, or at any rate a death for a death, is the type of justice that most states still embrace Only 14 of the ... Socialism And the nationalisation of the natural-gas industry, along with the new constitution, is the president’s main initiative The opposition claims that the policy of giving state companies ... that disparity by making the latter easier to fire The euphemism for that is “flexibility” The bare truth is that the more easily jobs can be destroyed, the more easily new ones can be created...
... and motivations that drive customers’ decision for using payment card services atthe Bank, and more importantly evaluating the customer satisfaction level on the banking services offered The research ... reveal that customers choose Techcombank as a services provider owing to the high reputation and prestige of the Bank, the large number of ATMs and POS, the safe and convenient ATM locations, ... services at Techcombank Nguyen Hue The specifics are the motivations and reasons for using payment cards at Techcombank, the satisfaction on card services provided, and other closely-related questions...
... change The loyalty of employee at MB is atthe alarm level Based on the data of the human-resource department of Ho Chi Minh City branch, the turnover rate of the relationship office in the first ... comparing the level of engagement Vietcombank, BIDV, Sacombank and MB are the chosen bank for this survey The reasons for comparing MB with Vietcombank, BIDV and Sacombank are that all of these banks ... decrease in the next period The report also indicates that the level of traditional customers that terminate their cooperation with MB is increasing Based on the result of interviews there are...
... and once during the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF The role of the Board of Governors is rather limited, however Processes of deliberation and negotiation amongst the shareholding ... debate and contestation, not least in the context of voice reform deliberations, and numerous are the declarations that ensure that the Executive Board of Directors, the Board of Governors and the ... Association (IDA) The World Bank Group is completed by three additional affiliate organizations: the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the...
... respectively.4 Chart 1a illustrates that the level of bank deposit rates depends on maturity: typically the lower the maturity of the deposits the lower the deposit rate The interest rate on overnight deposits ... into the determination of retail bank interest rates in the euro area The main contribution of this study is that for the first time both bank deposit rates and lending rates atthe level of the ... organisation based literature examines the pricing behaviour of banks using bank data The focus of this strand of the literature is typically on the link between bank interest rate margins and the...
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... Promotion Agencies the main activities of the IPAs? To what extent is the private sector involved in the promotion effort? What are the institutional links between IPAs and governments? The standard ... mechanism for communicating all features that make a host country attractive to investors, including existing policies and recent reform initiatives The second justification is that the IPA can play ... influence of these basic factors, we draw on the recent literature on the determinants of FDI The main and most robust explanatory variables appear to be the quality of the investment climate and...
... are statistically significant at percent, except investment generation, which is atthe 10 percent level which the IPA is located A closer look atthe data shows that there are wide variations ... because of their interface between the private and the public sector The participation of the private sector allows the IPA to build a relationship with private firms that can help it identify the real ... when the investors realize that their findings not match the positive message conveyed by the promotion agency These investors could also disseminate a negative image of the country within their...
... IPAs argue that an agency’s legal status, degree of private sector participation, or mandate influence the way the IPA does business and its ability to attract foreign investors 45 46 / The Effectiveness ... or privatization (19 percent) or all three The number of mandates assigned to IPAs appears to be inversely correlated with the income level of the country in which the agency has to operate, suggesting ... supervisory board that includes representatives of the private sector The higher the number of private members, the greater IPA effectiveness.34 When the agency reports directly to a country’s...
... has shown that there are sufficient similarities and common goals that the two organizations should cooperate closely Each is likely to be able to make use of material prepared by the other, for ... in parentheses a.We omit reporting the results associated with the constant term, GNI per capita, and the Heritage Foundation Index that were also included in the above regressions b The number ... locate in one country rather than another Although our empirical approach contains several limitations, it shows that promotion is unambiguously associated with greater FDI flows, on top of the...
... in the comments section atthe end of the questionnaire if you use a different approach In some parts of the questionnaire, estimates of staff, costs, etc are requested as we understand that ... agency has data for that period If this is not possible, please specify the period to which your data refer Table 1: Basic data - Name of agency [ ] - Date of establishment [ ] - Agency created by: ... and site location investigations and visits Providing information to potential investors Follow-up after investor’s visits Implementation activities Business registration Tax registration Sectoral...
... generation Unless otherwise specified, the information should refer to the average for the last three years (1999–2001), if possible (See note atthe top of section E.) Table 12: Investment generation ... note that (1) the promotion functions and activities listed below refer to those aimed at foreign investors, and (2) unless otherwise specified, the information provided should refer to the average ... STRATEGIC PLANNING Table 10: Strategic planning 65 66 Does 67 68 69 70 - Does your agency have a FDI promotion strategy statement? How often is your FDI promotion strategy revised? the strategy...
... to estimate the relationship This method is adaptive and dynamic in the sense that the slope parameter changes along the regression curve depending on the location of the variables in the sample ... in the economy and the less economic freedom a country enjoys The index assigns scores inversely to the state of the investment climate; hence we expect a negative sign on the coefficient of the ... conditions The higher the score on a given factor, the worse the quality of the investment climate 13 Our simulation assumes that one and only one IPA increases its promotion effort at a given...
... turnover ratio (sales/total assets) Stated from that formula, the higher the value of Z, the lower the default risk the borrower may pose to thebank Therefore, low or negative values of Z may be the ... grasp of the “purpose” of the lending they offer the loan They often research the relevance of the stated purpose in the lending dossier with the client’s presentation to see whether the loan ... drop, the interest and the principle paid monthly exceed the land price, the borrowers turned their bank to thebank and declined to pay the rest amount Thebank was left no option but liquidate the...