Investment climate reform-going the last mile : the bulldozer initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina /
Benjamin Herzberg.
- Washington, D. C : World Bank, 2004.
- 51p ; 27 cm.
- Policy research working papers ; no. 3390 .
Also available online. "Herzberg examines the Bulldozer initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an innovative reform methodology that successfully overcame the lack of political will and capacity at the government level through a bottom-up approach. Using an innovative grassroots and public awareness methodology, the initiave mobilized the local business community to bulldoze barriers by identifying concrete legislative changes and advocating for their adoption and implementation. By delivering fast results-50 reforms in 150 days-the initiative won the confidence of entrepreneurs and empowered them to institutionalize permanent grassroots reform committees. The force of this lobby group created political will by putting public pressure on the politicians to do their part to enact the reforms. Most important, it carried investment climate reform the last mile by delivering concrete, quantifiable results in