How Firms Cope with Crime and Violence : Experiences from around the World.
Title:
How Firms Cope with Crime and Violence : Experiences from around the World.
Author:
Goldberg, Michael.
ISBN:
9781464801020
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (99 pages)
Series:
Directions in Development
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 The Nature, Scale, and Scope of Private Sector Responses to Crime and Violence -- Introduction -- Study Scope and Methods -- Note -- References -- Chapter 2 Crime, Violence, and the Economy -- Factors Contributing to Crime and Violence -- Indicators of Crime and Violence -- Comparing the Impacts of Crime and Violence -- References -- Chapter 3 Coping Mechanisms of Private Firms: Analysis of Global Cases -- Overview of Case Studies -- How Crime and Violence Affect Firms -- Coping Mechanisms -- Analysis and Lessons Learned -- Policy Implications -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 World Bank Group Work: From Policies and Research to Operational Initiatives -- Growing Focus on Crime and Violence -- Private Sector Development (PSD) Initiatives -- Non-PSD Initiatives -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 World Bank Group Support for Private Sector Development in Environments of Crime and Violence -- Opportunities for Support -- Moving the Agenda Forward -- Operational and Research Issues -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Case Studies -- Case 1: Medellín, Colombia-How the Public and Private Sectors Have Coped with Violence -- Case 2: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-The Favelas and the Private Sector: An Increasingly Safe Bet? -- Case 3: Jamaica-Coping with Violence in Paradise -- Case 4: Mexico-Public-Private Responses to Violence -- Case 5: Nepal-Private Sector's Varied Responses to Violence and Crime -- Case 6: Rwanda-Turning the Tide of Violence in Postconflict Settings through Value Chains -- Notes -- References -- Boxes -- Figures -- Tables -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Crime and violence inflict high costs on the private sector-costs that are rising globally, according to the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys, discussions with chambers and associations, and the Bank's Country Partnership Strategies, which reference the losses in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). In Latin America and the Caribbean, for example, losses due to crime and violence have been estimated at 9 percent of GDP in Honduras, 7.7 percent in El Salvador, and 3.6 percent in Costa Rica. In sectors such as clothing assembly, international purchasers can shift know-how and capital quickly to less violent destinations, while other sectors such as extractive industries are more likely to stay despite rising violence. Behind the statistics are human costs: lost jobs; shifting of businesses' working capital from productive uses to security firms; and an increase in contraband, fraud and corruption, and 'rule of law' issues. In this book, original case studies from Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Nepal, and Rwanda illustrate the specific challenges to businesses and the coping mechanisms that firms and groups of firms have used successfully against crime and violence. The book's findings have implications for the private sector, governments, and the World Bank's efforts to support both under difficult circumstances.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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