Papua New Guinea Gender and Investment Climate Reform Assessment

Hedditch, Sonali ; Manuel, Clare

International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC

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

RP-ID  :  111540

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 Papua New Guinea. The reportanalyses gender-based investment climate barriers whichconstrain private sector development and identifiessolutions to address them. Four key investment climate areasare considered: public private dialogue; starting andlicensing a business; access to justice, the courts, andalternative dispute resolution; and access to, andenforcement of, rights over registered land. In each areathe report considers legal, regulatory, and administrativebarriers to private sector development with a genderperspective. It makes recommendations aimed at ensuring thatwomen benefit from ongoing efforts to improve Papua NewGuinea’s investment climate on the same basis as their malecounterparts. For more publications on IFC Sustainabilityplease visit www.ifc.org/sustainabilitypublications.