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Country Reports

These reports result from FIAS advisory projects. The reports are organized by FIAS Fiscal Year, from July 1 through June 30. Unless agreed otherwise at a projects outset all FIAS country reports are made available to the general public. See the regional pages for a listing of all completed FIAS projects.
Documents are PDFs unless otherwise noted.

Afghanistan

Invest in Afghanistan: Opportunities in Carpets & Textiles | Opportunities in Logistics and Transportation | Opportunities in Food and Beverage Processing (2004)

Albania

Attracting Investment to South East Europe: Survey of FDI Trends and Investor Perceptions (2007)

Armenia

Assessment of Administrative Procedures for Doing Business in Armenia (2004)

Administrative barriers update (2005)

Bangladesh

Pursuing Investment Climate Improvements: From Analysis to Reform - An Administrative Barriers Review (2006)

Assessing and Addressing Stakeholder Interests in Private Sector Development Reform (2006)

Regulatory Impact Analysis Diagnostic Study and Design (2006)

Piloting Reform through the Development and Management of Economic Zones (2006)

Benin

Industrial Land Access (2006) - French Version

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Attracting Investment to South East Europe: Survey of FDI Trends and Investor Perceptions (2007)

Commercial legal framework and administrative barriers to investment (2001) (under "other publications" of Library tab) - Report | Annexes

Brazil

Doing Business in Brazil (2007) - English Version | Portuguese Version

Impact of the Investment Climate on Total Factor Productivity: Case of China and Brazil (2005)

Bulgaria

Attracting Investment to South East Europe: Survey of FDI Trends and Investor Perceptions (2007)

Cambodia

Duty Suspension Scheme (2006)

Corporate Social Responsibility (2005):

FIAS Project Brief: CSR and Cambodian industry

Apparel Sector: Buyer Survey Results | CSR and Potential Implications for Other Industry Sectors

Garment Sector: Buyer Survey Results | Aide Memoir

Tourism Sector: CSR and the Tourism Sector in Cambodia

Caribbean Regional

Snapshot Caribbean - Benchmarking FDI Competitiveness in Caribbean Countries (2007)

Regional investor perception survey (2004)

China

Reforming Collateral Laws and Registries:International Best Practices and the Case of China (2007)

Corporate Social Responsibility in China’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sector (2007) - English Version | Chinese Version

Impact of the Investment Climate on Total Factor Productivity: Case of China and Brazil (2005)

Comoros

Review of the draft FDI Law (2006) - French Version

Costa Rica

The Impact of Intel in Costa Rica: Nine Years After the Decision to Invest (2006)

Croatia

Attracting Investment to South East Europe: Survey of FDI Trends and Investor Perceptions (2007)

Administrative barriers to foreign investment (2002)

Egypt

Pre-Feasibility Study for the Establishment of a Model Industrial Estates Program in Alexandria (2007) Volume 1: Policy, Legal, Regulatory and Institutional Frameworks | Volume 2: Establishing a Marketable Pilot Site in Alexandria

El Salvador

Building a framework for Corporate Social Responsibility as a development tool (2006) - English Version | Spanish Version

Fiji

Improving the system for lodging, processing, storing and providing business registration information in the Fiji Islands (2006)

Georgia

Implementation of administrative barriers study recommendations (2004)

Ghana

Snapshot Africa - Ghana: Benchmarking FDI Competitiveness (2006)

Guinea Bissau

Assistance to FDI Law preparation (2006) - French Version

Honduras

The climate for foreign direct investment and how it can be improved (2001) - English Version | Spanish Version

Indonesia

Case Study of Textile and Farmed Shrimp Industries Volume 1 (2006)

Mini-diagnostic analysis of the Investment Climate (2006)

Jordan

Competitiveness and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Jordanian Apparel Industry (2008)

Kenya

Snapshot Africa - Kenya: Benchmarking FDI Competitiveness (2006)

Latvia

Self-Assessment report on administrative barriers to doing business (2003)

Administrative barriers to investment (1999)

Lesotho

Sector Study of the Effective Tax Burden (2007)

Snapshot Africa - Lesotho: Benchmarking FDI Competitiveness (2006)

Competitiveness and Corporate Social Responsibility in Lesotho's Apparel Industry (2006)

Competitiveness of Regional and Vertical Integration of Lesotho’s Garment Industry (2006)

Market Diversification of the Lesotho Garment Industry (2006)

Liberia

Mini-diagnostic analysis of the Investment Climate (2006)

Macedonia

Attracting Investment to South East Europe: Survey of FDI Trends and Investor Perceptions (2007)

Administrative procedures for doing business (2003)

Madagascar

Snapshot Africa - Madagascar: Benchmarking FDI Competitiveness (2006)

Mali

Snapshot Africa - Mali: Benchmarking FDI Competitiveness (2006)

Mauritius

Business startup, work permits and incentive regime reform (2006)

Mexico

Doing Business in Mexico (2006) - English Version | Spanish Version
Moldova

Attracting Investment to South East Europe: Survey of FDI Trends and Investor Perceptions (2007)

Montenegro

Attracting Investment to South East Europe: Survey of FDI Trends and Investor Perceptions (2007)

Mozambique

Study on the Impact of Taxes, Customs, Licenses and other Fees on the Investment Climate (2006) - English Version | Portuguese Version

Snapshot Africa - Mozambique: Benchmarking FDI Competitiveness (2006)

The Tourism Sector in Mozambique: A Value Chain Analysis (2006) - Volume I | Volume II

Nepal

Feasibility Study on Establishment of Secured Transactions Registry (2008)

Mini-Diagnostic of the Investment Climate (2007)

Pacific Regional

Review of the impact of investment screening and approvals (2004)

Assessment of Pacific Island countries' national investment policy statements (2004)

Linkages and flow-on impacts of FDI in Pacific Island economies (2004) - Report | Case Studies

Forum secretariat - Investment Promotion Training for IPAs in the Pacific: Data collection & analysis training manual (2003)

Pakistan

Improving the Performance of the Housing, Tourism and Retail Sectors (2006)

Value Chain Analysis (2006)

Poland

Administrative barriers to investment (2005)

Romania

Attracting Investment to South East Europe: Survey of FDI Trends and Investor Perceptions (2007)

Russian Federation

Survey of Land and Real Estate Transactions in the Russian Federation (2006) - Cross-Regional Report | Annex 1 | Annex 2 | Annex 3

Strengthening Russia’s Engagement with Market-based Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Conclusions and Recommendations from Experience in Forestry and Lessons for other Sectors (2005)

Review of land and real estate cases prepared for the Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (2005)

Final report on business access to land prepared for the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian federation (2005)

Administrative barriers to investment within subjects of the Russian Federation: Tomsk, Perm, and Kaliningrad Oblasts (2004)

Administrative barriers to investment within subjects of the Russian Federation (2001) - English Version - Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Appendix

Rwanda

Sector Study of the Effective Tax Burden (2006)

Mini-Diagnostic of the investment climate (2005)

Senegal

Snapshot Africa - Senegal: Benchmarking FDI Competitiveness (2006)

Serbia

Attracting Investment to South East Europe: Survey of FDI Trends and Investor Perceptions (2007)

Sierra Leone

Competitiveness and Corporate Social Responsibility in Sierra Leone: Industry Solutions for Tourism and Mining (2006)

Administrative barriers (2005) - Phase 1 | Phase 2

Diagnostic study of the Investment Climate and the Investment Code (2004)

Slovak Republic

Legal, Regulatory, and Tax improvements for attracting Foreign Direct Investment (2000) - Report | Annexes

Solomon Islands

Review of investment incentives (2006)

South Africa

Tax Compliance Burden for Small Businesses: A Survey of Tax Practitioners (2007)

Sector Study of the Effective Tax Burden (2006)

Sudan

Review of administrative barriers to investment (2006)

Tanzania