Samoa Gender and Investment Climate Reform Assessment

Hedditch, Sonali ; Manuel, Clare

International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC

关键词: gender;    investment climate;    legal framework;    business environment;    public-private partnership;   

RP-ID  :  111537

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report is one of six gender andinvestment climate reform assessments undertaken in sixPacific nations including Samoa. The report analysesgender-based investment climate barriers which constrainprivate sector development and identifies solutions toaddress them. Six investment climate areas are considered:public private dialogue; starting and licensing a business;access to justice and alternative dispute resolution; accessto, and enforcement of, rights over registered land; accessto finance; and access to, and enforcement of, rights overintellectual property. In each area the report considerslegal, regulatory, and administrative barriers to privatesector development with a gender perspective. It makesrecommendations aimed at ensuring that women benefit fromongoing efforts to improve Samoa’s investment climate on thesame basis as their male counterparts. For more publicationson IFC Sustainability please visit www.ifc.org/sustainabilitypublications.