Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa (by Year)

Sub-Saharan Africa
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COUNTRY	FISCAL YEAR	TYPE of PROJECT	DESCRIPTION
Africa Regional	2007	Diagnostic	FIAS, in response to the Investment Climate Facility / NEPAD business plan, reviewed existing investment climate databases and evaluated investment climate indicators to develop a monitoring system for the ICF.
Burkina Faso	2007	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	FIAS, together with PEP-Africa, developed a program that incorporated Doing Business indicators to improve the business climate in Burkina Faso.
Gambia, The	2007	Special economic zones	FIAS conducted a study of regulatory and legal framework for investment incentives and free zone management in The Gambia. The report included detailed recommendations for reform and a timeline for implementation.
Kenya	2007	Institutions	FIAS assisted in improving the investment climate in Kenya by reducing regulatory costs and risks for businesses and by building capacities in the public and private sectors for improved regulatory quality.
Kenya	2007	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	FIAS assisted the government of Kenya in developing and implementing a comprehensive business license reform, which consisted of a critical evaluation and reform of the existing stock of licenses and the design of a regulatory impact assessment unit/process for all future licenses.
Lesotho	2007	Sector (Apparel)	FIAS assisted the government and the apparel industry in preparing for the expiration of AGOA's third country fabric provision and in utilizing good social and environmental standards to retain and attract international buyers.
Lesotho	2007	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	FIAS provided technical assistance to the government of Lesotho to elaborate the reform design and to assist in the implementation of the proposed reform of the business registry in Lesotho and the general manufacturing and trade licensing system.
Liberia	2007	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	Drawing from the February 2006 mini-diagnostic report, and in consultation with the Ministries of Commerce, Finance, and the National Investment Commission of Liberia, FIAS conducted three workstreams to assist in reshaping the country's business climate. This project focused on reducing barriers to formalization to allow for investors to operate in Liberia.
Liberia	2007	Institutions	This is the second workstream in which FIAS focused on improving the public-private dialogue in Liberia to underpin the country's PSD reform process.
Liberia	2007	Investment policy	This is the third workstream undertaken by FIAS in Liberia that focused on improving the country's investment policy framework, legislation, and institutions.
Madagascar	2007	Investment policy	FIAS reviewed draft legislation and prepared a set of comments, including specific recommendations on how to improve the draft based on international best practice.
Madagascar	2007	Diagnostic	At the request of the Ministry of Commerce in Madagascar, FIAS conducted a study of the root causes of informal economic behavior in Madagascar. FIAS identified the procedural barriers to formalizing (including the legal framework, start-up procedures, tax and customs regimes, land, gender and sectoral issues), and determined concrete policy recommendations on how to shift economic activity from the informal to the formal economy.
Mozambique	2007	Diagnostic	Although this project is the sixth in the series of studies on the impact of tax on firms by sector done in Mozambique in conjunction with DFID, this project studied the licensing and fee requirements for businesses (usually done in administrative barriers), affecting the cost of doing business in Mozambique.
Namibia	2007	Diagnostic	FIAS, together with PEP-Africa and MIGA, conducted a study of the marginal effective tax rates on the key sectors of the Namibian economy and benchmarked these against tax rates in several other African countries, including neighboring South Africa, and provided recommendations to embed incentives in the Tax Code.
Niger	2007	Diagnostic	FIAS developed a three-component approach: (i) the design and oversight of the implementation of "registering a business" Doing Business indicator; (ii) the Administrative Barriers Review; and (iii) the Marginal Effective Tax Rate study - to improve the investment climate in Niger.
Niger	2007	Administrative Barriers	This is the Administrative Barriers Review component conducted to improve the investment climate in Niger.
Niger	2007	Diagnostic	This is the METR component to improve the investment climate in Niger.
Nigeria	2007	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	FIAS assisted the Nigerian government in identifying sub-national- level reform priorities for improving the investment climate by effectively implementing the sub-national Doing Business diagnostics and the public-private policy dialogue among key stakeholders.
Rwanda	2007	Diagnostic	FIAS conducted a study of the informal sector in Rwanda by surveying the characteristics of informality, and by identifying the root causes, and thereby proposed concrete policy recommendations on how to shift economic activity from the informal to the formal economy.
Sierra Leone	2007	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	FIAS conducted a specific sub-component project on customs and tax, which provided analysis and recommended reforms to make the compliance costs for both taxation and customs less onerous and to improve the operating environment for businesses in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone	2007	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	This is the sub-component on tax. FIAS analyzed and recommended reforms to the tax system in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone	2007	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	This project is the first of three implementation sub-projects to be undertaken by FIAS in Sierra Leone during the first stage of the PSD implementation program co-financed by DFID. This component emphasized streamlining the business registration and licensing process in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone	2007	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	FIAS in collaboration with MIGA and PEP-Africa, designed and assisted in the implementation of the institutional foundation of land holding in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone	2007	Sector (Tourism)	FIAS identified public policies and instruments that affect investment decisions and designed solutions for the tourism sector in Sierra Leone.
South Africa	2007	Administrative Barriers	FIAS, together with MIGA, conducted an analysis of the investment climate and investment promotion process in South Africa.
Sudan	2007	Administrative Barriers	FIAS assisted the government of the Republic of Sudan in improving the country's investment climate through a prioritized reform program subsequent to the Administrative Barriers Review concluded in March 2006.
Sudan	2007	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	FIAS, together with PEP-Africa and MIGA, assisted the government of Southern Sudan in developing and implementing an investment climate reform program in priority areas.
Sudan	2007	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	FIAS supported the government of Sudan in implementing agreed upon reforms identified in the Administrative Barriers Review conducted in the first phase of the project.
Zambia	2007	Administrative Barriers	At the request of the government of Zambia, FIAS provided a descriptive report to the government that outlined the design and implementation of a reform program for administrative barriers.
Benin	2006	Administrative Barriers	FIAS identified major constraints affecting land access for private, commercial, industrial and residential development in Benin, and contributed to the conceptualization and implementation of a reform program to improve the conditions for land access for private companies and to establish a secure and fluid land market that promotes private sector development.
Burkina Faso	2006	Administrative Barriers	FIAS identified major constraints affecting land access for private, commercial, industrial and residential development in Benin, and contributed to the conceptualization and implementation of a reform program to improve the conditions for land access for private companies and to establish a secure and fluid land market that promotes private sector development.
Comoros	2006	Investment Laws, Policies, & Promotion	FIAS prepared a detailed commentary of the draft investment code that the government of Comoros had prepared and formulated recommendations for its improvement before adoption by the Cabinet and submission to Parliament.
Guinea Bissau	2006	Investment Laws, Policies, & Promotion	FIAS prepared a detailed commentary of the draft investment code that the government of Guinea-Bissau had prepared and formulated recommendations for its improvement before adoption by the Cabinet and submission to Parliament.
Guinea Bissau	2006	Investment Laws, Policies, & Promotion	After receiving FIAS’ detailed comments on the draft investment code, the Government requested additional technical assistance from FIAS to revise and finalize the draft legislation. FIAS quickly deployed a team of international experts who worked with policy-makers and lawyers to this end.
Kenya	2006	Administrative Barriers	Support to the government of Kenya’s Business Licensing Review, leading to the identification and review of more than 1,400 licenses, and the announced elimination or simplification of more than 800 licenses.
Kenya	2006	Administrative Barriers	FIAS, in conjunction with IFC-GEM, performed a gender and growth diagnostic study and produced a Voices of Women Entrepreneurs publication. This document helps to demonstrate links between gender and economic growth, identify challenges facing women entrepreneurs in Kenya, and suggest solutions to remove legislative and regulatory barriers to women’s entrepreneurship.
Lesotho	2006	Administrative Barriers	FIAS investigated the effects of tax systems on the business climate by linking tax policy impacts with the impacts from the administrative discretion of revenue authorities. This project was part of a multi-country program in Africa to provide an analytical basis for assessing the relative effective tax burdens faced by businesses in key sectors identified in each government’s development plan as crucial for economic growth.
Lesotho	2006	Industry Competitiveness	In collaboration with the Multi-Fibre Arrangement Forum (MFA Forum), FIAS assisted the government and the apparel industry in preparing for the expiration of AGOAs 3rd country fabric provision and utilizing good social and environmental standards to retain and attract international buyers.
Lesotho	2006	Administrative Barriers	FIAS sought to increase the proportion of investor capital inflow, increase the rate of creation of new formal businesses, and reduce the costs to government of managing the licensing system through reducing the costs of registering a business and securing trading and manufacturing licenses to a level well below that of its neighbors.
Liberia	2006	Administrative Barriers	As part of a WBG-wide diagnostic mission, FIAS helped put together a PSD agenda for the new government of Liberia. FIAS performed a “SWAT” diagnostic of the investment climate, where 3 FIAS experts looked at business start up procedures, tax/customs, and sector-specific licensing and procedures. FIAS provided authorities with options for addressing barriers, and helped identify a public-private dialogue group for capacity building/training.
Madagascar	2006	Administrative Barriers	FIAS performed a sectoral tax study to examine the impact of business taxation in order to identify distortions and ways for improvement. This is the sixth in a series of country studies in Africa that look at the impact of tax policy and administration on the business climate in five key sectors: agriculture, tourism, mining, manufacturing and financial services, along with an additional focus on small and informal businesses.
Mauritius	2006	Administrative Barriers	The government of Mauritius has embarked on a 4 point economic reform program geared towards creating a business climate comparable to the top ten countries in the 2006 Doing Business Report (Mauritius currently ranks #35), fiscal consolidation and rationalization, facilitating growth development of tourism and fishing, and ending the vestiges of central planning. To this end, FIAS assisted the government through engaging in startup/licensing reform and implementation and assessing tax and incentive impacts on business.
Mozambique	2006	Industry Competitiveness	FIAS assisted the government of Mozambique in improving the investment climate for tourism by identifying which features can be improved to enable the sector to grow, be competitive, and diversify. The project included sector profiling, competitiveness and value chain analyses, and a review of administrative barriers affecting the tourism sector, and recommendations for capturing growth opportunities.
Regional	2006	Administrative Barriers	FIAS conducted a series of workshops in selected African countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Sudan) that leveraged the varied expertise of different WBG units to diagnose and deliver more comprehensive and coordinate assistance to African clients.
Rwanda	2006	Administrative Barriers	As part of a multi-country program in Africa to provide an analytical basis for assessing the relative, effective tax burdens faced by businesses in key sectors, FIAS investigated the effects of tax systems on the business climate by linking tax policy impacts with the impacts from the administrative discretion of revenue authorities.
Rwanda	2006	Administrative Barriers	FIAS conducted a survey of informal businesses to identify the incentives for informal economic activity in order to propose policy recommendations to encourage businesses formalization.
Sierra Leone	2006	Industry Competitiveness	FIAS designed solutions for Sierra Leone that will establish the existence and profitability of a niche market with a price premium for diamonds that are certified to the responsibly mined, in order to achieve the ultimate foals of attracting new investments from responsible firms, improving working and living standards for diggers, and increasing tax revenues for Sierra Leone’s government.
Sierra Leone	2006	Administrative Barriers	As part of a larger Monitoring and Evaluation project in Sierra Leone, FIAS conducted a survey of informal businesses to identify the incentives for informal economic activity in order to propose policy recommendations to encourage business formalization.
Sierra Leone	2006	Administrative Barriers	FIAS, in conjunction with DFID, completed a two-phase administrative barriers project in May 2005 which analyzed the institutions tasked with designing and promoting private sector development. The results of the study were validated in a public/private workshop that created action plans for business startup procedure reform, harmonizing of 5 current land policies, operating procedures, tax and customs, and institutional reform.
Sierra Leone	2006	Administrative Barriers	This project is the first of 3 implementation sub-projects to be undertaken by FIAS in Sierra Leone during Stage 1 of the PSD implementation program co-financed by DFID.
Sierra Leone	2006	Administrative Barriers	Sierra Leone is one of the three countries where FIAS’ programmatic approach has been piloted through a multi-year donor-coordinated support for administrative barriers removal, institutional reform and capacity development, all geared towards private sector development in the country. The overarching goal of this M&E project is to measure the result of this reform program based on the FIAS Administrative Barriers Reform Action Plan and DFID’s Private Sector Development Strategy.
Sierra Leone	2006	Administrative Barriers	To support the multi-phase FIAS Administrative Barriers project in Sierra Leone, FIAS commissioned the production of two videos, one to be aired on BBD and the other prepared for donors. The objectives of the video were to document the reform process beginning from the early stage of solution design, and to build broad consensus for reform in Sierra Leone.
South Africa	2006	Investment Laws, Policies, & Promotion	Impact of Competition Law Policy on South Africa’s Investment Climate and Investment
South Africa	2006	Administrative Barriers	As part of a multi-country program in Africa to provide an analytical basis for assessing the relative, effective tax burdens faced by businesses in key sectors, FIAS investigated the effects of tax systems on the business climate by linking tax policy impacts with the impacts from the administrative discretion of revenue authorities.
Sudan	2006	Administrative Barriers	FIAS conducted a review of administrative barriers to investment in the Sudan, including a mini-diagnostic of investment constraints in Southern Sudan, and presented findings at a PSD Policy Conference in Spring 2006.
Tanzania	2006	Administrative Barriers	Based on a similar work piloted in Zambia last year, FIAS looked at the way tax policy was formulated and executed in five key sectors - agriculture, mining, tourism, manufacturing, and the financial sector. FIAS compared relative tax burdens borne by firms to neighboring countries, and analyzed the impact on small businesses.
Congo, Dem. Rep. of	2005	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a 2-phase administrative barriers study to identify and recommend solutions to the administrative barriers to investment.
Gabon	2005	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic study to identify main obstacles that prevent foreign investment in the non-oil sectors of the economy and to provide recommendations.
Guinea Bissau	2005	Incentives	Helped the Government develop an action plan for Tax/Incentive reform.
Kenya	2005	Investment policy	Assisted the Government in establishing a PSD reform implementation institutional framework and in preparing an action plan.
Kenya	2005	Investment policy: Law	Assisted the Government in implementing a radical licensing system reform aimed at substantially reducing the sector/activity license requirements and improving the quality of the remaining requirements.
Kenya	2005	Incentives	Conducted a desk review of the bill of the Kenya Investment Promotion Act 2004 with a commentary note output.
Regional	2005	Incentives	Reviewed the non-fiscal incentives for investment, in parallel with an IMF review of fiscal incentives, in the EAC countries, in order to provide recommendations on how and to what extent harmonization of investment incentives should be implemented.
Rwanda	2005	Diagnostic	Conducted a mini-diagnostic of the investment climate.
Seychelles	2005	Administrative Barriers	Prepared a report on Administrative Barriers to investment including sectoral studies which resulted in detailed recommendations for changes in business regulations, tax and customs policy, and sector policy frameworks.
Seychelles	2005	Investment Laws/Regulations	Carried out a focused analysis of a draft investment code underpinning the investment environment. Simultaneously, a public workshop was conducted to discuss the recommendations from the FIAS diagnostic review completed in 2004 to agree on an action plan for reform.
Sierra Leone	2005	Administrative Barriers	Identified administrative barriers to investment and formulated a plan of action to remove these barriers and facilitate private sector development. This phase of the project undertook the traditional analysis of administrative barriers.
Sierra Leone	2005	Administrative Barriers	Identified administrative barriers to investment and formulated a plan of action to remove these barriers and facilitate private sector development. This phase of the project undertook the institutional analysis of administrative barriers.
Uganda	2005	Corporate Social Responsibility	Undertook a gender and growth assessment of the country.
Zambia	2005	Incentives	Carried out a study of the effective tax burden in five sectors designated by the recently adopted private sector development plan as the priority areas for growth.
Zambia	2005	Investment policy	Reviewed the legal framework surrounding the investment climate.
Botswana	2004	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a review of the commercial legal framework, an administrative and registration cost survey, and a study of administrative barriers to investment.
Burkina Faso	2004	Competition Policy	Advised on competition policy and investment to promote competition in the country.
Gambia, The	2004	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic study of the country’s investment climate..
Guinea Bissau	2004	Incentives	Reviewed and provided recommendations for the improvement of the tax and incentive systems.
Kenya	2004	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a study of administrative barriers to investment at the request of the Government and provided inputs to the World Bank’s ESW work.
Kenya	2004	Investment Policy	Reviewed the commercial legal framework at the request of the Government and provided inputs to the World Bank’s ESW work.
Lesotho	2004	Administrative Barriers	Provided technical assistance in designing a modernized and computerized Company Registry and for the reform of the licensing system for manufacturing and trading enterprises.
Nigeria	2004	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]/Promotion Strategy	Assisted in the design of the business registration reform component of the Micro-Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) program, which aims to assist the country increase the growth of their MSMEs in selected non-oil sub-sectors.
Regional	2004	Diagnostic	Assessed the investment climate of eight West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) member countries in the context of regional integration to identify and address common constraints to conducting business in order to shape WAEMU’s reform agenda to improve their member countries’ investment climates through regional initiatives.
Seychelles	2004	Diagnostic	Conducted a qualitative diagnostic review of the investment environment for FDI and domestic investment.
Sierra Leone	2004	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic review of the country’s investment climate customizing the recommendations for a post-conflict environment.
Tanzania	2004	Competition Policy	Conducted a conference to analyze the relationship between competition, productivity, competitiveness, economic growth, and poverty reduction and review the state of competition.
Uganda	2004	Administrative Barriers	Reviewed the administrative barriers to investment and focused on specific issues affecting key export-oriented sectors.
Zambia	2004	Administrative Barriers	Provided guidance to the Government in the design and implementation of a reform program for administrative barriers to increase investment and business activity.
Zambia	2004	Investment Policy: Law	Reviewed proposals submitted by the Zambia Investment Center for amendment of the Investment Act, and for changes in the investment strategy and policy for re-introduction of investment incentives.
Burkina Faso	2003	Administrative Barriers	Conducted an administrative and regulatory survey through a team of local consultants.
Cape Verde	2003	Administrative Barriers	Pursued previous advisory work on "Investment Promotion Strategy" and "Tax & Incentives" with an Administrative Barriers review. Following submission of the report, an Action Plan has been developed by local stakeholders, with assistance from FIAS, the Africa PSD Region and the local counterpart team.
Eritrea	2003	Diagnostic/Promotion Strategy	Conducted a survey of potential international and diaspora investors to help the Government develop a better understanding of investors’ perceptions of the country as a location for investment.
Ghana	2003	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a survey of existing investors to assess the administrative and regulatory costs of doing business in Ghana.
Ghana	2003	Administrative Barriers	Prepared an update of the 1995 Investor Roadmap to identify the existing administrative barriers and underlying policy issues affecting investment in Ghana and to make recommendations for reform.
Guinea-Bissau	2003	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	Assessed the reforms implemented or underway and assisted the Government in developing a new Action Plan and a set of realistic indicators to monitor progress over time.
Regional	2003	Diagnostic/Promotion Strategy	Assisted the SADC Secretariat in developing an instrument for soliciting the views of policy makers and bureaucrats in member countries on FDI-related policies and implementation.
Sao Tome and Principe	2003	Incentives	Provided additional assistance to the Government following a previously conducted FIAS study of the "Tax System and Incentive Regimes", by reviewing the proposed tax code against the recommendations of the FIAS study.
Senegal	2003	Administrative Barriers	Updated the initial Administrative Barriers study it conducted earlier. Following the submission of the report, a FIAS team went back to Senegal to discuss the findings with the counterpart and stakeholders in a seminar organized by the APIX, which gave a new impetus to the reform process.
Senegal	2003	Incentives	Assisted the Government in implementing the recommendations made by FIAS in a previous tax report.
Sierra Leone	2003	Investment Policy: Law	Reviewed the legal principles, content, and clarity of the draft Investment Law and drew on the international best practice in making recommendations for a new draft.
Zambia	2003	Diagnostic	Participated in selected meetings of a Country Economic Memorandum mission (taking place simultaneously with the FIAS Administrative Barriers Study mission), and provided inputs for sections of the CEM chapter dealing with investment climate and business environment issues related to growth and poverty alleviation.
Cape Verde	2002	Administrative Barriers	Implemented a survey of regulatory costs.
Cape Verde	2002	Incentives	Reviewed the tax system and fiscal incentives offered to private investors.
Congo, Dem. Rep. of	2002	Investment policy: Law (Implementation)	Assisted in implementing draft investment law.
Congo, Dem. Rep. of	2002	Diagnostic/Promotion Strategy	Conducted a diagnostic study and established a strategy for attracting FDI.
Equatorial Guinea	2002	Diagnostic	Reviewed the investment climate in both oil and non-oil sectors and discussed FDI diversification.
Guinea-Bissau	2002	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a study of administrative barriers to investment.
Mauritania	2002	Investment Policy	Reviewed the draft Investment Code.
Nigeria	2002	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a study of administrative barriers to investment.
Nigeria	2002	Institutions (Implementation)	Implemented recommendations in strengthening the NIPC.
Regional	2002	Diagnostic	Conducted a feasibility study for establishing a Zambia/Malawi/Mozambique-Growth Triangle.
Regional	2002	Investment policy	Advised the SADC Secretariat on their prepared Investment Guidelines for the region.
Regional	2002	Investment policy	Reviewed the East African Community Secretariat’s new draft regional Investment Law and provided recommendations.
Sao Tome and Principe	2002	Investment policy: Law	Conducted a study of the tax system and fiscal incentives as a follow-up to a previous project on the general investment climate of the country.
Tanzania	2002	Competition Policy	Assessed the relationship between competition policy and FDI to improve the existing institutional framework & encourage competition in product and service markets.
Congo, Dem. Rep. of	2001	Investment policy	Conducted an administrative barriers study with a focus on Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro to investigate the administrative impediments to the establishment and operation of investment projects.
Ethiopia	2001	Promotion Strategy	Reviewed the country's current investment environment with a special emphasis on export-oriented FDI.
Mauritania	2001	Incentives	Assisted an inter-ministerial committee to evaluate various options on tax structure and incentives allowing the country to be WTO compliant without a major detrimental impact on the budget as well as the country's attractiveness to FDI.
Mozambique	2001	Administrative Barriers	Reviewed the country's general business environment for FDI with the objective of setting a broader, strategic reform agenda in collaboration with the World Bank.
Nigeria	2001	Diagnostic	Undertook a diagnostic study of the environment for non-oil FDI in Nigeria.
Nigeria	2001	Institutions	Reviewed a diagnostic assessment of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission conducted by Arthur Andersen (Lagos). Substantial suggestions were made stressing the need to revisit the strategy and structure of the Commission.
Regional	2001	Institutions	Assisted the COMESA Secretariat in designing & developing a regional investment promotion agency; organized and facilitated a COMESA workshop for national investment promotion agencies (IPAs).
Regional	2001	Investment policy	Provided assistance to UEMOA Secretariat in preparing the regional Investment Code, especially on tax incentives.
Regional	2001	Investment policy/Diagnostic	Advised the World Bank's Africa Region and West African Government to develop a regional strategy for private sector development, including foreign direct investment.
Sao Tome and Principe	2001	Diagnostic	Reviewed the business climate, with a special attention to the legal, institutional and administrative framework.
Sao Tome and Principe	2001	Investment policy	Conducted a review of the country’s draft Investment Code.
Senegal	2001	Incentives	Analyzed the tax burden on enterprises and the efficiency of current fiscal incentives.
Senegal	2001	Institutions	Advised the government on the creation of the Investment Promotion Agency (APIX).
Zimbabwe	2001	Promotion Strategy	Provided advice to the Zimbabwe Investment Centre (ZIC) on issues relevant to its planned strategic planning process.
Burkina Faso	2000	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	Assisted the Government in designing an action plan to streamline company registration procedures, revise the fee structure, and improve the information system.
Burkina Faso	2000	Investment policy	Provided assistance to the Government in its effort to reform the institutional, administrative, and regulatory framework for private investment.
Cape Verde	2000	Promotion strategy	Provided assistance to the Investment and Export Promotion Agency (PROMEX) in its effort to upgrade its activities and design a new investment promotion strategy for the next few years.
Ethiopia	2000	Institutions	Provided training to the Ethiopian Investment Agency to help strengthen its capacity for investment promotion.
Kenya	2000	Investment policy	Reviewed the draft of the investment code.
Regional	2000	Institutions	Participated in a seminar to disseminate the best practices of investment promotion agencies at the regional level.
Regional	2000	Institutions	Made a presentation that outlined the issues and challenges for regional investment promotion in a COMESA workshop. This presentation aimed at developing a framework for a regional investment function.
Regional	2000	Investment policy	Conducted a seminar/workshop to assist the East African Community with the harmonization of the investment codes for Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
Senegal	2000	Administrative Barriers	Disseminated the previous administrative barriers study recommendations with the objective of helping the government identify priorities and actions.
Senegal	2000	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	Assisted the Prime Minister's Office in designing an action plan aimed at streamlining administrative procedures.
Senegal	2000	Institutions	Reviewed the draft Decree on the creation of the Investment and Export Promotion Agency.
Sierra Leone	2000	Investment policy	Conducted a desk review of the Administrative and Institutional Reforms of the country.
Zimbabwe	2000	Administrative Barriers	Conducted an Administrative Barriers study to identify the bureaucratic impediments to FDI.
Madagascar	1999	Administrative Barriers	Prepared an assessment of the country's administrative barriers to investment.
Mali	1999	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a study of administrative barriers to investment.
Mauritania	1999	Administrative Barriers	Completed an administrative barriers study.
Mauritania	1999	Investment Policy	Assisted in the implementation of the investment law.
Senegal	1999	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a study of administrative barriers to investment.
Tanzania	1999	Institutions/Promotion strategy	Reviewed the country's investment promotion agency and its proposed strategic plan.
Tanzania	1999	Investment policy	Completed a review of Zanzibar's draft investment law.
Zambia	1999	Sector (Infrastructure)	Examined the modalities of facilitating foreign investment in the infrastructure sector..
Guinea	1998	Diagnostic/Institutions	Conducted a review of constraints to FDI and recommended measures to strengthen the institutional capacity of the investment promotion agency.
Guinea-Bissau	1998	Investment policy	Reviewed the draft investment law.
Liberia	1998	Diagnostic	Assessed the country's investment climate, investment code, and concession issues.
Mali	1998	Incentives	Reviewed the country's tax incentives and labor market practices and identified was to make the system more investment friendly.
Namibia	1998	Incentives	Assisted the government in implementing previous recommendations on the elimination of investment incentives that were not cost-effective.
Rwanda	1998	Investment policy	Commented on a proposal for the Rwanda Investment Code, forming the basis for the preparation of a new draft by the government.
Uganda	1998	Incentives	Provided advice on international "best practice" in investment incentives and export processing zones in the context of revising the Investment Act of Uganda.
Uganda	1998	Investment policy	Reviewed the draft Investment Promotion Bill.
Ethiopia	1997	Diagnostic	Reviewed the investment climate and the approval process for foreign direct investment.
Guinea-Bissau	1997	Investment policy	Reviewed drafts of the new investment law and provided comments.
Lesotho	1997	Administrative Barriers/Investment policy	Conducted a detailed review of administrative barriers to private investment, as well as the investment legislation.
Mali	1997	Institutions	Assisted in developing the capacity of the investment promotion institution.
Mozambique	1997	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	Provided implementation assistance for removal of administrative obstacles to investment.
Namibia	1997	Administrative Barriers [Implementation]	Provided implementation assistance for removal of administrative obstacles to investment.
Namibia	1997	Incentives	Recommended strategies for improving the investment incentives framework.
Regional	1997	Investment policy	Reviewed drafts and commneted on the formulation of a common investment code for the West Africa Monetary Union (WAEMU) member countries.
Sierra Leone	1997	Investment policy	Reviewed the foreign investment law.
Swaziland	1997	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a detailed review of administrative barriers to private investment.
Swaziland	1997	Investment policy	Reviewed and commented on drafts of the new investment legislation with a focus on investment incentives.
Uganda	1997	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a detailed review of administrative barriers to private investment.
Zimbabwe	1997	Sector (Infrastructure)	Completed the work on improving the policy environment for private investment in infrastructure.
Ghana	1996	Promotion strategy	Assisted in the development of a strategic plan for investment promotion.
Guinea	1996	Investment policy	Assisted in the implementation of its earlier advice on improvements to the investment code.
Mauritania	1996	Administrative Barriers	Developed detailed recommendations for the short term improvements in the investment environment.
Mozambique	1996	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a detailed review of specific barriers to private investment.
Namibia	1996	Administrative Barriers	Conducted a detailed review of specific barriers to private investment.
Namibia	1996	Incentives	Conducted a review of the investment incentives regime.
Senegal	1996	Investment policy	Reviewed the investment incentives and the EPZ regime as well as custom procedures affecting foreign direct investment.
Cameroon	1995	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic study of the investment climate.
Cape Verde	1995	Institutions	Assisted in the evaluation of the investment promotion agency.
Gambia, The	1995	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic study of the investment climate.
Ghana	1995	Investment policy	Conducted a regulatory review of barriers to FDI.
Malawi	1995	Promotion strategy	Assisted in the design of an investment promotion strategy.
Uganda	1995	Institutions: Investor tracking software	Installed the software developed for foreign investment tracking in the Investment Promotion Agency.
Zimbabwe	1995	Promotion strategy	Organized a series of corporate planning workshops to facilitate the preparation of a strategic plan for investment promotion.
Ghana	1994	Institutions	Helped in the restructuring of the investment institution.
Malawi	1994	Institutions: Investor tracking software	Installed the software developed for foreign investment tracking in the investment promotion agency.
Mozambique	1994	Institutions	Assisted in the institutional development of the investment promotion agency.
Senegal	1994	Incentives	Assisted in the rationalization of the investment incentive framework.
Swaziland	1994	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic study of the investment climate.
Zimbabwe	1994	Institutions	Assisted in the institutional development of the investment promotion agency.
Zimbabwe	1994	Institutions	Assisted the Investment Center in the preparation of a policy initiative paper.
Cote d'Ivoire	1993	Institutions	Conducted an evaluation of procedures used to implement the Investment Code of 1984.
Equatorial Guinea	1993	Investment policy	Assisted the Government to draft a new Foreign Investment Law in FY1992 and was subsequently asked to help draft implementing regulations.
Ghana	1993	Investment policy	Helped the Government formulate a new set of investment incentives that would be administered automatically through the tax system and helped redefine the internal structure and functions of the Ghana Investment Center following the changes.
Mauritania	1993	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Mozambique	1993	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Namibia	1993	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Sudan	1993	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Tanzania	1993	Investment Policy: Swaps/ Forex	Reviewed policies to encourage foreign direct investment with special attention to exchange controls and debt-equity swaps.
Zambia	1993	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Zambia	1993	Investment policy	Conducted a diagnostic study of the investment environment and proposed amendments to the existing Investment Act.
Zimbabwe	1993	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Angola	1992	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic study of the investment climate.
Benin	1992	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic study of the investment climate.
Burkina Faso	1992	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic study of the investment climate.
Equatorial Guinea	1992	Investment policy	Assisted the Government draft a new foreign investment law.
Kenya	1992	Backward linkages	Conducted a study on the environment for backward linkages in Kenya, focusing on policy and administrative issues.
Madagascar	1992	Promotion strategy	Developed a strategic plan for investment promotion following an earlier diagnostic study of the investment climate.
Malawi	1992	Investment policy	Assisted the Government to redefine its approach to private investment through deregulation, a new approach to investor servicing through the creation of an IPA, an Investment Policy Statement and, inter alia, an Investor's Guide.
Mali	1992	Diagnostic	Prepared a study in which previously identified obstacles to investment would be compiled in a single document. This study helped provide background material to a revision of the investment code.
Mozambique	1992	Diagnostic	Assessed the overall investment environment of the country.
Namibia	1992	Investment policy	Helped develop a new Investment Promotion Act.
Congo, Rep. of	1991	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic study of the investment climate.
Guinea-Bissau	1991	Investment policy	Assisted in the revision of a new investment code.
Kenya	1991	Investment policy	Assisted in the preparation of an investment policy statement.
Kenya	1991	Promotion strategy	Assisted in the preparation of an investment promotion strategy.
Lesotho	1991	Promotion strategy	Assisted in the preparation of an investment promotion strategy.
Malawi	1991	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic review of the investment climate and assisted in the preparation of an investment policy statement, investor's guide and statute establishing an investment promotion agency.
Mozambique	1991	Investment policy; Swaps	Conducted a review of the debt equity conversion program.
Cameroon	1990	Diagnostic	Prepared a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Cameroon	1990	Investment policy	Assisted in the revision of the investment code.
Kenya	1990	Investment policy	Conducted a seminar in Washington for Kenya's Ministry of Finance and the Investment Promotion Center for the preparation of an investment policy statement.
Lesotho	1990	Diagnostic	Prepared a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Madagascar	1990	Investment policy	Assisted in the revision of the 1985 investment code and the preparation of a draft of new legislation for the creation of export-processing zones.
Togo	1990	Promotion strategy	Helped to develop a short to medium term strategic plan for foreign investment promotion.
Uganda	1990	Diagnostic	Prepared a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Zimbabwe	1990	Diagnostic	Prepared a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Guinea	1989	Diagnostic	Undertook a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Madagascar	1989	Diagnostic	Undertook a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Senegal	1989	Sector (Agriculture)	Helped formulate a promotion strategy for foreign investment in the Senegal River Basin.
Togo	1989	Investment policy	Assisted in the revision of the investment code and the preparation of implementing regulations.
Kenya	1988	Diagnostic	Conducted a diagnostic review of the investment climate.
Ghana	1987	Institutions	Provided assistance to the Ghana Investment Center in implementing the country's 1985 investment code, focusing primarily on organization and management.