Monday, November 3, 2014

Ease of Doing Business in Ethiopia 2015

The World Bank has released its 2015 edition on the ease of Doing Business in Ethopia.  The profile looks at the following factors: business environment, construction permits, electricity, property, credit, minority investors, taxes, trade, contracts, insolvency, labor regulations, and ease of doing business ranking.

This year, the World Bank evaluated 189 economies globally.  Ethiopia ranked 132, a drop of 3 positions from 2014.  By comparison, Rwanda ranked 46 and Egypt 112 ahead of Ethiopia while Kenya ranked 136 and Eritrea l89 behind Ethiopia.