Tonga Gender and Investment Climate Reform Assessment

Hedditch, Sonali ; Manuel, Clare

International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC

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

RP-ID  :  111535

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 Tonga. The report analyzesgender-based investment climate barriers which constrainprivate sector development and identifies solutions toaddress them. Four key investment climate areas areconsidered: public private dialogue; starting and licensinga business; access to justice, the courts, and mediation;and access to and enforcement of rights over registeredland. In each area the report considers legal, regulatory,and administrative barriers to private sector developmentwith a gender perspective. It makes recommendations aimed atensuring that women benefit from ongoing efforts to improveTonga’s investment climate on the same basis as their malecounterparts. For more publications on IFC Sustainabilityplease visit www.ifc.org/sustainabilitypublications.