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Global Investment Competitiveness Survey 2017

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, C..., 2017
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Peter Kusek, Andrea Silva
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Identification

Survey ID Number
WLD_2017_GICS_v01_M
Title
Global Investment Competitiveness Survey 2017
Country/Economy
Name Country code
Armenia ARM
Australia AUS
Austria AUT
Azerbaijan AZE
Bolivia BOL
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH
Botswana BWA
Brazil BRA
Bulgaria BGR
Cambodia KHM
Cameroon CMR
Canada CAN
Chile CHL
China CHN
Colombia COL
Costa Rica CRI
Cuba CUB
Denmark DNK
Djibouti DJI
Dominica DMA
El Salvador SLV
Estonia EST
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Finland FIN
France FRA
Georgia GEO
Germany DEU
Ghana GHA
Grenada GRD
Guatemala GTM
Honduras HND
Iceland ISL
India IND
Japan JPN
Jordan JOR
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kenya KEN
Korea, Dem. Rep. PRK
Lebanon LBN
Lesotho LSO
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Malaysia MYS
Mali MLI
Mauritius MUS
Mexico MEX
Mongolia MNG
Montenegro MNE
Morocco MAR
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Nepal NPL
Netherlands NLD
Nicaragua NIC
Nigeria NGA
Pakistan PAK
Panama PAN
Paraguay PRY
Peru PER
Philippines PHL
Romania ROU
Samoa WSM
Serbia SRB
Sierra Leone SLE
South Africa ZAF
Spain ESP
Sri Lanka LKA
St. Lucia LCA
St. Vincent & Grenadines VCT
Taiwan, China TWN
Tanzania TZA
Thailand THA
Tunisia TUN
Turkey TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uganda UGA
Ukraine UKR
United Arab Emirates ARE
United Kingdom GBR
United States USA
Vietnam VNM
Zambia ZMB
Zimbabwe ZWE
Study type
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
Abstract
The Global Investment Competitiveness Survey (GIC Survey) offers practical evidence to help policy makers design policies and prioritize reforms that investors value. It captures perceptions of international business executives on the role of investment climate factors in their FDI decisions.

The survey was designed to provide a broad understanding of corporate perspectives and investor behavior and was not intended as a benchmarking tool to compare countries. Results are not representative at a country level.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
The Survey describes:

- Companies

Version

Version Description
- v0.1

Scope

Notes
The Scope of Global Investment Competitiveness Survey 2017 includes:

- SECTION 1: General Information

- SECTION 2: Investment Motivations

- SECTION 3: Investment Exit

- SECTION 4: Specific Investment in A Developing Country

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
The survey was designed to provide a broad understanding of corporate perspectives and investor behavior and was not intended as a benchmarking tool to compare countries. Results are not representative at a country level.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Peter Kusek IFC- World Bank
Andrea Silva IFC- World Bank
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name
Prosperity Fund of the United Kingdom

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The sample frame consisted of nearly 8,000 eligible companies in the commercially available Dunn and Bradstreet database. The 754 respondents were investors with existing affiliates in at least one developing country. The interviews consisted of a screener phase, to ensure the eligibility of respondents. Respondents were a combination of executives at the global headquarters and executives at a foreign affiliate.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2017-02 2017-06
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]
Data Collection Notes
The interviews were conducted in 13 languages: Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. The interviews were conducted between February and June 2017.

The countries where Data was collected are: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo Republic, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican, Republic, Egypt Arab Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, India, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea Democratic People's Republic, Korea Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia FYR, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russian, Federation, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Taiwan China, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay Uzbekistan, Venezuela RB, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
Questionnaire available for download from the Related Materials section.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Email
Peter Kusek pkusek@ifc.org
Andrea Silva asilva5@ifc.org
Citation requirements
The use of the datasets must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name);
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation;
- the survey reference number;
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online).

Example:

Peter Kusek, Andrea Silva (IFC-World Bank). Global Investment Competitiveness Survey (GICS) 2017. Ref. WLD_2017_GICS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_WLD_2017_GICS_v02_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Development Data Group DECDG World Bank Study documentation
East Asia- IFC GMTIP World Bank Study documentation
Date of Metadata Production
2018-03-29
DDI Document version
DDI Document - Version 02 - (05/24/21)
This version is identical to DDI_WLD_2017_GICS_v01_M_WB but country field has been updated to capture all the countries covered by survey.

Version 01 (March 2018).

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