How Firms Cope With Crime And Violence: Experiences From Around The World (Directions In Development - Private Sector Development)

Crime and violence inflict high and rising costs on the private sector, equivalent to several points of GDP loss. In light manufacturing, international purchasers quickly shift know-how and capital to less violent destinations and behind the statistics are human costs: lost jobs, working capital spent on security, contraband, fraud and corruption.

• • Author: Mike Goldberg, Kwang W. Kim, Maria Ariano
• • Publisher: World Bank Publications
• • Publication Date: Jan 23, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 106 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1464801010
• • ISBN-13: 9781464801013