Regional Perspectives

 

 

Latin America and the Caribbean
Policy uncertainty ranks as the number one concern in this region, followed by corruption and macroeconomic instability...The region’s average of 74 days to register a business is almost 50 percent higher than the world average of 51 days...More. 
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Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Policy uncertainty ranks as the number one concern in this region, with almost 40 percent of firms ranking it as a major or severe constraint...Macroeconomic instability is reported as the second most pressing constraint...Enforcing a contract can take over 1000 days in Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Slovenia and 189 in Latvia...More. 
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Middle East and North Africa
Clearing customs has been improved in Morocco; the average time to clear imports through customs is 2.7 days...Corruption is a major constraint in Algeria, with 75 percent of firms reporting bribes are paid...Registering a business takes 64 days in Saudi Arabia, 46 in Lebanon, 14 in Tunisia, and 11 in Morocco...More. 
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East Asia and the Pacific
Policy uncertainty is the leading constraint overall, with one in three firms in the region reporting it as a major or severe constraint; this is followed by macroeconomic instability and corruption...Registering a business takes 198 days in Laos, 151 in Indonesia, 41 in China and 22 in South Korea...China’s investment climate reforms over the last two decades helped lift 400 million people out of poverty...More. 
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Sub-Saharan Africa
An unreliable electricity supply is reported as a constraint by over 52 percent of firms in the region. Registering property can take over 300 days in Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Rwanda...Uganda’s experience shows the importance of persistence, rather than perfection, in translating investment climate reforms into increased growth and poverty reduction...More. 
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South Asia
Corruption is identified as the number one constraint by firms in South Asia, followed by an unreliable electricity supply...Insecure property rights are also a large concern...In India, firms in states with poor investment climates have 40 percent lower productivity that those in states with good investment climates...India's experience demonstrates the significant impact of investment climate improvements in increasing growth and poverty reduction and shows that perfection is not required to realize these gains...More. 
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