Freeing Business From A Tangle of Red Tape
IT TAKES on average 4.3 days to satisfy the regulatory requirements to start a business in North America, according to the World Bank. In Africa, it takes 69.5 days.
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Growth Priorities for Nepad
WE BEGAN this study with the question: How should Africa choose between its many needs, given limited financial resources, and to what extent should business imperatives influence the setting of development priorities?
Africa’s Top Priorities: What The Surveys Say
Commonwealth Business Environment Survey 2003: ‘The top three perceived barriers to investment, as ranked by private-sector respondents in both developed and developing countries, were: corruption; policy instability; and inadequate infrastructure.’
Portraits of Graft In the Moi Era
Over a seven-year period, nearly one-third of all government revenues in Kenya were lost to shady deals, embezzlement, unauthorized spending and tax revenue collection, according to a study of the findings of Kenya’s Controller and Auditor General’s reports from 1990 to 1997.
A Business Vision for Africa
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development offers a coherent outline of the many interconnected problems that must be solved to develop the continent. But it lacks one critical thing: clear priorities.
Africa Breaks Down On Neglected Roads
NOT even 20 years ago, the route from Nairobi to Nakuru in Kenya rolled seamlessly out across the great Rift Valley, ensuring smooth passage for people and goods moving westward toward Uganda.
Hunger, But No Famine
The predictions certainly seemed plausible. Mix drought with Mugabe’s chaotic upheaval on the commercial farms and what once was a bread basket was bound to become a dust bowl.
Regional Shift in Tobacco Industry Reflects Losses to Zim Economy
IN THE highly lucrative world of tobacco production, Malawi and Zambia were never big players.
Enough Promises, Africa Needs To Set Priorities
THIS year will mark the fifth year since the core elements of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development were first put forward as the Millennium Africa Recovery Plan.
Fighting Graft Bribe by Bribe
DR. PETER Eigen, founder of the global corruption watchdog group Transparency International, spoke with the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg on two recent occasions. The following are excerpts from those interviews.
