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Manuals and Toolkits

Documents are PDFs unless otherwise noted.

Trade Logistics Advisory Program: Easing Access to Markets (May 2008)

Moving Toward Competitiveness: A Value-Chain Approach (August 2007)

A Manual for the Identification and Removal of Administrative Barriers to Investment (March 2006)

Module 1: About the manual - the cycle of reform
Module 2: Prerequisites and preparation
Module 3: Identifying barriers
Module 4: Public-private dialogue
Module 5: Action plans
Module 6: Monitoring, evaluation and continual assessment
Module 7: Module for Reform of Government Inspections (Website)


BEE Toolkits

Tax Systems:
Designing a Tax System for Micro and Small Businesses (2007)


Communications:
Strategic Communications for Business Environment Reforms (2007)


Public-private dialogue:
The PPD Handbook: a Toolkit for Business Environment Reformers (2006)


Alternative dispute resolution:
Building Capability for Mediation in Commercial Cases: ADR Manual (2006)


Business inspections:
Good Practices for Business Inspection: Guidelines for Reformers (2006)


Business licensing:
Business Licensing Reform Toolkit (2006)


Business Start-up:
Reforming Business Registration Regulatory Procedures at the National Level (2006)

Import / export procedures:
Reforming Regulatory Procedures for Import and Export (2006)


Corporate Social Responsibility Value Chain Module:
A Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Diagnosis Module for Application in Value Chain Analysis (VCA) (April 2006)


Collateral reform:
Reforming Collateral Laws to Expand Access to Finance (2006)


Reforming the Investment Climate:
Lessons for Practitioners (2006)


Sub-national regulation:
Simplification of Business Regulations at the Sub-national Level (2006)

Inspections:
Good Practices for Business Inspection Reforms (2005)


SME Taxation:
Tax Administrations and SMEs in Developing Countries (2005)


Business advocacy:
Building the Capacity of Business Membership Organizations (2005)