OECD Investment Policy Reviews

OECD Investment Policy Reviews
Author: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Publisher: OCDE
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Investments
ISBN: 9789264208391

This Investment Policy Review examines Nigerias investment policies in light of the OECD Policy Framework for Investment (PFI), a tool to mobilize investment in support of economic growth and sustainable development. It provides an assessment and policy recommendations on different areas of the PFI: investment policy; investment promotion and facilitation; trade policy; infrastructure investment; competition; corporate governance and financial sector development. It also includes a special chapter analyzing the PFI in Lagos State. The Review follows on the request addressed by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria to the OECD Secretary-General in December 2011. It has been prepared in close co-operation with the Federal Government of Nigeria and Lagos State Government.

Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Development Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map

Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Development Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2018-12-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9292614657

This publication explains the evaluation and strategic investment priorities of the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the agriculture, natural resources, and rural development sector. It highlights sector performance, priority development constraints, government plans and strategy, other development partner support, and ADB's past experience and future sector strategy. The country partnership strategy of ADB is also discussed and updated as strategic developments and program changes occur. Other background information about the sector for ADB's investment and technical assistance operations are also provided.

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2008-10-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 145182260X

This paper focuses on Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The economic sectors have undergone significant restructuring. This restructuring has been concentrated on production capacities, quality and efficiency, thus contributing to economic growth and meeting the initial requirements for international integration. The government has also concentrated on the development of agricultural production to reorient the agriculture sector from semisubsistence and subsistence to commercial production to ensure the enhanced supply of raw materials to the processing industries, meeting the growing domestic requirements for agricultural products, and rapidly expanding agricultural exports.

Water and Water Resource Management

Water and Water Resource Management
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Contributed articles presented at a seminar held by North East India Council for Social Science Research, in May 1997; study on North East India.

Doing A Dam Better

Doing A Dam Better
Author: Ian C. Porter
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821369865

This book succinctly describes how a large hydro dam in a poor country with weak capacity was successfully prepared by a truly global development and financial partnership, by turning the natural resource curse on its head and tapping the state of the art to mitigate environmental and social impacts.

The Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank
Author: Nihal Kappagoda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1995
Genre: Development banks
ISBN: 9780921942788

This work looks at the policies and projects of the Asian Development Bank, which, like the other multilateral banks, has come under growing criticism from grassroots organisations, environmental groups and others.