Doing Business 2008

Publisher:
The World Bank and International Finance Corporation
Publication Date:
26 September 2007
Tags:
Africa, Economy, Business and Finance, Investment, International Organizations and Africa, Environment

Doing business has become easier in some parts of Africa, finds Doing Business 2008—the fifth in an annual series issued by the World Bank and IFC. In 2006/07, 24 African countries implemented 49 reforms. In the regional rankings on the pace of reform, however Africa fell from third place to fifth, overtaken by South Asia and by the Middle East and North Africa.

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