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Economic Governance Index (EGI) Gauges Doing Business in
Asia Berkeley, CA - March 26, 2008
Palo Alto, CA - March 27, 2008
San Francisco, CA - March 28, 2008 |
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The Asia Foundation has pioneered a tool called the local “Economic Governance Index”
(EGI) as a way to measure business-friendliness of local governments in Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. The EGI
highlights provinces most open to private enterprise and least encumbered by red-tape when it comes to business set up, for example: entry and
licensing costs, inspections and registration waiting periods, transparency, access to training and legal institutions.
The governments of these provinces have embraced the EGI as a tool to help
them measure local reforms and government performance, and there has been public increased attention when index standings are announced, resulting in
competition among provinces. As a result, businesses and entrepreneurs have begun to see it as a useful means of deciding where to put
businesses. A team of economic experts are hosting a series of programs this Spring on this compelling index. We hope you are able to join
one of the Bay Area presentations.
Expert Speakers:
Bruce Tolentino, Director of Economic Reform and Development Programs at The
Asia Foundation, San Francisco
Edmund Malesky, Asia Foundation partner and Assistant Professor, University of California, San
Diego
Veronique Salze-Lozac’h, Regional Director of Economic Reform and Development Programs, The Asia Foundation,
Cambodia
Neil McCulloch, Director of Economic Programs, The Asia Foundation,
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Please reply by March 19, 2008 to rsvp@asiafound.org or 415
743-3347
with your name, affiliation, contact information, and the location/date of the one EGI presentation you would like to
attend.
Berkeley - Wednesday, March 26, 2008: 10:00 am-1:00 pm, lunch included
UC Berkeley
Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) Library
109 Moses Hall, U.C. Berkeley Campus, Berkeley
Co-sponsored by Center for South Asia
Studies, Department of Political Science and IGS
Palo Alto - Thursday, March 27, 2008: 4:30–6:00pm
Stanford University’s Donald
L. Lucas Conference Center
Corner of Galvez and Serra Streets, Stanford University Campus, Palo Alto
Co-sponsored by Stanford’s Center
for International Development
San Francisco - Friday, March 28, 2008: noon–2:00 pm, lunch included
The
Asia Foundation's Haydn Williams Conference Room
465 California Street, 8th floor, San Francisco
Co-sponsored by Cal-Asia Business
Council
Space is limited at all three locations.
You will be sent a confirmation within 2 business days
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