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Introduction
Tables
5.1 Private sector development
5.2 Investment climate
5.3 Business environment
5.4 Stock markets
5.5 Financial depth and efficiency
5.6 Tax policies
5.7 Relative prices and exchange rates
5.8 Defense expenditures and arms transfers
5.9 Transport services
5.10 Power and communications
5.11 The information age
5.12 Science and technology
     
Text figures and boxes    
5a Policy uncertainty dominates the investment climate concerns of firms
5b Challenges in measuring the investment climate
5.1a Latin America and the Caribbean still has the highest investment levels,
but activity has declined for the fifth consecutive year
5.9a World airline passenger traffic is expected to rebound in 2004 
after two years of stagnation
5.10a Mobile phone access outpaced fixed-line access in some
developing country regions in 2003
5.11a Six of the top ten world spenders on information and communications technology are developing economies