{"doc_desc":{"title":"WLD_2017_GICS_v01_M","idno":"DDI_WLD_2017_GICS_v02_M_WB","producers":[{"name":"Development Data Group","abbreviation":"DECDG","affiliation":"World Bank","role":"Study documentation"},{"name":"East Asia- IFC","abbreviation":"GMTIP","affiliation":"World Bank","role":"Study documentation"}],"prod_date":"2018-03-29","version_statement":{"version":"DDI Document  - Version 02 - (05\/24\/21)\n 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.\n\n Version 01 (March 2018)."}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"WLD_2017_GICS_v01_M","title":"Global Investment Competitiveness Survey 2017","alt_title":"GICS 2017","identifiers":[{"type":"DOI","identifier":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48529\/7297-sp94"}]},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Peter Kusek","affiliation":"IFC- World Bank"},{"name":"Andrea Silva","affiliation":"IFC- World Bank"}],"production_statement":{"funding_agencies":[{"name":"Prosperity Fund of the United Kingdom","abbreviation":"","role":""}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Peter Kusek","affiliation":"","email":"pkusek@ifc.org","uri":""},{"name":"Andrea Silva","affiliation":"","email":"asilva5@ifc.org","uri":""}],"depositor":[{"name":"Andrea Antonia Lim Silva","abbreviation":"","affiliation":"GMTIP- World Bank"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Enterprise Survey [en\/oth]"},"version_statement":{"version":"- v0.1"},"study_info":{"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.\n\nThe 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.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2017-02","end":"2017-06","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Armenia","abbreviation":"ARM"},{"name":"Australia","abbreviation":"AUS"},{"name":"Austria","abbreviation":"AUT"},{"name":"Azerbaijan","abbreviation":"AZE"},{"name":"Bolivia","abbreviation":"BOL"},{"name":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","abbreviation":"BIH"},{"name":"Botswana","abbreviation":"BWA"},{"name":"Brazil","abbreviation":"BRA"},{"name":"Bulgaria","abbreviation":"BGR"},{"name":"Cambodia","abbreviation":"KHM"},{"name":"Cameroon","abbreviation":"CMR"},{"name":"Canada","abbreviation":"CAN"},{"name":"Chile","abbreviation":"CHL"},{"name":"China","abbreviation":"CHN"},{"name":"Colombia","abbreviation":"COL"},{"name":"Costa Rica","abbreviation":"CRI"},{"name":"Cuba","abbreviation":"CUB"},{"name":"Denmark","abbreviation":"DNK"},{"name":"Djibouti","abbreviation":"DJI"},{"name":"Dominica","abbreviation":"DMA"},{"name":"El Salvador","abbreviation":"SLV"},{"name":"Estonia","abbreviation":"EST"},{"name":"Eswatini","abbreviation":"SWZ"},{"name":"Ethiopia","abbreviation":"ETH"},{"name":"Finland","abbreviation":"FIN"},{"name":"France","abbreviation":"FRA"},{"name":"Georgia","abbreviation":"GEO"},{"name":"Germany","abbreviation":"DEU"},{"name":"Ghana","abbreviation":"GHA"},{"name":"Grenada","abbreviation":"GRD"},{"name":"Guatemala","abbreviation":"GTM"},{"name":"Honduras","abbreviation":"HND"},{"name":"Iceland","abbreviation":"ISL"},{"name":"India","abbreviation":"IND"},{"name":"Japan","abbreviation":"JPN"},{"name":"Jordan","abbreviation":"JOR"},{"name":"Kazakhstan","abbreviation":"KAZ"},{"name":"Kenya","abbreviation":"KEN"},{"name":"Korea, Dem. Rep.","abbreviation":"PRK"},{"name":"Lebanon","abbreviation":"LBN"},{"name":"Lesotho","abbreviation":"LSO"},{"name":"Liberia","abbreviation":"LBR"},{"name":"Madagascar","abbreviation":"MDG"},{"name":"Malaysia","abbreviation":"MYS"},{"name":"Mali","abbreviation":"MLI"},{"name":"Mauritius","abbreviation":"MUS"},{"name":"Mexico","abbreviation":"MEX"},{"name":"Mongolia","abbreviation":"MNG"},{"name":"Montenegro","abbreviation":"MNE"},{"name":"Morocco","abbreviation":"MAR"},{"name":"Mozambique","abbreviation":"MOZ"},{"name":"Namibia","abbreviation":"NAM"},{"name":"Nepal","abbreviation":"NPL"},{"name":"Netherlands","abbreviation":"NLD"},{"name":"Nicaragua","abbreviation":"NIC"},{"name":"Nigeria","abbreviation":"NGA"},{"name":"Pakistan","abbreviation":"PAK"},{"name":"Panama","abbreviation":"PAN"},{"name":"Paraguay","abbreviation":"PRY"},{"name":"Peru","abbreviation":"PER"},{"name":"Philippines","abbreviation":"PHL"},{"name":"Romania","abbreviation":"ROU"},{"name":"Samoa","abbreviation":"WSM"},{"name":"Serbia","abbreviation":"SRB"},{"name":"Sierra Leone","abbreviation":"SLE"},{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"ZAF"},{"name":"Spain","abbreviation":"ESP"},{"name":"Sri Lanka","abbreviation":"LKA"},{"name":"St. Lucia","abbreviation":"LCA"},{"name":"St. Vincent & Grenadines","abbreviation":"VCT"},{"name":"Taiwan, China","abbreviation":"TWN"},{"name":"Tanzania","abbreviation":"TZA"},{"name":"Thailand","abbreviation":"THA"},{"name":"Tunisia","abbreviation":"TUN"},{"name":"Turkiye","abbreviation":"TUR"},{"name":"Turkmenistan","abbreviation":"TKM"},{"name":"Uganda","abbreviation":"UGA"},{"name":"Ukraine","abbreviation":"UKR"},{"name":"United Arab Emirates","abbreviation":"ARE"},{"name":"United Kingdom","abbreviation":"GBR"},{"name":"United States","abbreviation":"USA"},{"name":"Viet Nam","abbreviation":"VNM"},{"name":"Zambia","abbreviation":"ZMB"},{"name":"Zimbabwe","abbreviation":"ZWE"}],"geog_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.","analysis_unit":"The Survey describes: \n\n-  Companies","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"The Scope of Global Investment Competitiveness Survey 2017 includes:\n\n-  SECTION 1: General Information\n\n-  SECTION 2: Investment Motivations\n\n-  SECTION 3: Investment Exit\n\n-  SECTION 4: Specific Investment in A Developing Country"},"method":{"data_collection":{"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.","coll_mode":"Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]","research_instrument":"Questionnaire available for download from the Related Materials section.","coll_situation":"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.\n\nThe 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."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"cit_req":"The use of the datasets must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:\n- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name);\n- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation;\n- the survey reference number;\n- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online).\n\nExample:\n\nPeter Kusek, Andrea Silva (IFC-World Bank). Global Investment Competitiveness Survey (GICS) 2017. Ref. WLD_2017_GICS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].","disclaimer":"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."}}},"tags":[{"tag":"DOI"}],"schematype":"survey"}