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 Complete Report, Table of Contents & Foreword, and Overview

Complete report (a 3 MB PDF file)
Table of Contents & Foreword (a 120 KB PDF file)
Overview (a 175 KB PDF file)

 Part 1: Improving the Investment Climate

Chapter 1: The Investment Climate, Growth, and Poverty (a 270 KB PDF file)
Chapter 2: Confronting the Underlying Challenges (a 274 KB PDF file)
Chapter 3: Tackling a Broad Agenda (a 220 KB PDF file)

 Part 2: Delivering the Basics

Chapter 4: Stability and Security (a 196 KB PDF file)
Chapter 5: Regulation and Taxation (a 219 KB PDF file)
Chapter 6: Finance and Infrastructure (an 858 KB PDF file)
Chapter 7: Workers and Labor Markets (a 227 KB PDF file)

 Part 3: Going Beyond the Basics?

Chapter 8: Selective Interventions (a 192 KB PDF file)
Chapter 9: International Rules and Standards (a 137 KB PDF file)

 Part 4: How the International Community Can Help

Chapter 10: How the International Community Can Help (a 121 KB PDF file)

 Bibiography, Endnotes, and References

Bibliography (a 28 KB PDF file)
Endnotes (a 104 KB PDF file)
References  (a 370 KB PDF file)

 Selected Indicators

Measuring the Investment Climate & Selected World Development Indicators  (a 268 KB PDF file)