Comments are invited on the draft of the 2005 World Development Report, Improving the Investment Climate for Growth and Poverty Reduction, at http://www.dgroups.org/groups/worldbank/WDR05/. The WDR will be published in September 2004. Overview: Table of Contents - 81KB Overview: A better investment climatefor everyone - 242KB Part I: Improving the Investment Climate: Table of Contents - 87KB Chapter 1: Unleashing growth and poverty reduction - 363KB Chapter 2: Challenges to improving the investment climate - 335KB Chapter 3: Making progress - 349KB Part II: Focusing on the Basics: Table of Contents - 89KB Chapter 4: Security and stability - 287KB Chapter 5: Regulation and taxation - 308KB Chapter 6: Finance and infrastructure - 533KB Chapter 7: Workers and labor markets - 392KB Part III: Beyond the Basics: Table of Contents - 84KB Chapter 8: Selective intervention - 127KB Chapter 9: International rules and standards - 209KB Part IV: How the International Community Can Help: Table of Contents - 86KB Chapter 10: How the international community can help - 179KB