Investment Climate, Productivity,and Regional Development in a Developing Country. Asian Development Review, Vol. 23(2), pp. 70-89
Pernia, Ernesto M.; Salas, J. M. Ian S. | August 2006
Abstract
This paper examines the Philippines’s investment climate in relation to the
performance of manufacturing firms and the productivity of regional
economies. The thesis is that the country’s slow economic growth can be
attributed in no small measure to its poor investment climate that hampered
the productivity growth of firms; further, the disparities in regional
development can be explained by, among others factors, differences in
investment environments. Addressing the deficiencies of the investment
climate would significantly contribute to enhancing the economy’s long-run
growth and redressing regional inequalities.
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Pernia, Ernesto M.; Salas, J. M. Ian S.. 2006. Investment Climate, Productivity,and Regional Development in a Developing Country. Asian Development Review, Vol. 23(2), pp. 70-89. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1706. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Citable URI
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