A better investment climate for everyone

pt. 1. Improving the investment climate

Investment climate, growth, and poverty

Confronting the underlying challenges

Tackling a broad agenda

pt. 2. Delivering the basics

Stability and security

Regulation and taxation

Finance and infrastructure

Workers and labor markets

pt. 3. Going beyond the basics?

Selective interventions

International rules and standards

pt. 4. How the international community can help

How the international community can help

Selected indicators

Measuring the investment climate

Selected world development indicators.