Competitiveness & Inclusive Economic Growth

Robust business enabling environments and entrepreneurship eco-systems are critical for competitive and thriving entrepreneurship. The overwhelming evidence accumulated through research and practice shows that a level playing field is essential for robust competition and to facilitate greater inclusivity for domestic and minority entrepreneurs, including women-owned/women-led enterprises.

POLICY ADVISOR

WEI’s CEO – Dr. Margo Thomas, network of specialists, and technical partners have extensively worked on competitiveness, business environment, foreign and domestic investment, legal and regulatory issues across more than 75 transition and developing economies at national and sub-national levels over the past 30 years.

This deep global experience extends across developing and transition economies and has delivered concrete results on the ground. It has furthermore achieved results by introducing innovative techniques for assessing business ecosystems and for crafting impactful solutions, evidence-based reforms, and policymaking to address critical issues.

This collective expertise and work achieved concrete results by:

  • Introducing innovative techniques for assessing business eco-systems and for crafting impactful solutions, evidence-based reforms, and policy recommendations to address critical business enabling environment issues.
  • Testing and implementing adaptations of regulatory impact assessments at national and sub-national levels at the intersection of competitiveness and inclusive economic growth.
  • Providing training for high-level policy makers and stakeholders in the public, private, business sectors