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The objective of the Bhutan Investment
Climate Assessment (ICA) is to evaluate the investment
climate in Bhutan in all its operational dimensions and
promote policies to strengthen the private sector. This ICA
consists of two volumes. Volume 1 summarizes the main
results. Volume 2 presents a more detailed analysis of each
of the three main themes of the report: labor productivity
and skills, access to finance, and business government
relations, and is supplemented by a chapter on the gender
dimensions of the investment climate. Volume 2 also includes
the supporting econometric analysis of the enterprise survey
data. The purpose of Volume 2 is to provide additional
detail on the underlying data and analysis which supports
the main results summarized in Volume 1. In Volume 2,
Chapter 1 sets the Bhutanese context and background,
explains what's new in the second Bhutan Investment
Climate Assessment, and presents the overall findings of the
2010 report. Chapter 2 reviews the characteristics of the
investment climate in Bhutan, including the macroeconomic
perspective. Chapter 3 discusses labor productivity and
skills and the importance of focusing on high value added
niche industries. Chapter 4 reviews access to finance as a
primary constraint to firms in Bhutan and discusses an
apparent access to finance paradox. Chapter 5 reviews the
business government enabling environment in Bhutan and the
importance of licensing reform. Chapter 6 discusses the
gender dimension of the investment climate in Bhutan.
