Analysis of Three African Countries

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Analysis of three AfricancountriesGhana, Kenya and Namibia


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Summary

Since the end of 2008, developing countries have begunto feel the full effects of the financial and

economic crisis. The global economic crisis was anenormous shock for developing countries and Worldtrade is experiencing its largest decline ingenerations. Foreign direct investment (FDI) andother private flows are also declining. Therefore,developing countries are not in strong position to

address the consequences of the current economiccrisis.


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Namibia

Ghana

Kenya


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Ghana


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Kenya


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Namibia


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Ghana Kenya NamibiaReliable trading partner

Stability of tax and tariff regime

Effectiveness of public administration

Entire South Africandevelopmentcommunity, Angola andZimbabwe

Encourages taxsystem. Current rate of corporate income 35%.Allowances on buildingsused in the trade 20%.Foreign income nottaxable

Indicator(Rank) Ghana Kenya NamibiaWastefulness of government spending 67 103 27Burden of government regulation 47 106 38Efficiency of legal framework in settlingdisputes

50 100 24

Efficiency of legal framework in challengingregulations

57 108 15

Transparency of government policymaking 99 109 39


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Ghana Kenya Namibia

Prevalence of corruption


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Ghana Kenya Namibia

Bureaucratic delays

Indicator Ghana Kenya Namibia OECDProcedures (numbers) 7 11 10 5.6

Time (days) 12 33 66 13.8

Cost (% of income per capita) 20.3 38.3 18.5 5.3Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)

11.0 0.0 0.0 15.3


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Ghana Kenya Namibia

Labour unions and relations

Religious tensions

Ethic legislation

80-90% Christians(50% Lutheran)

66 45117

Ghana Kenya NamibiaCooperation in labour-employer

relations

61 83 108

Flexibility of wage determination 118 81 83Rigidity of employment 67 37 27Hiring and firing practices 57 12 124Redundancy costs 131 81 44

(ethical behaviour in interactions with public officials, politicians, and other enterprises)


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Ghana Kenya Namibia

Ghana Kenya NamibiaQuality of overall infrastructure 85 88 25

Quality of roads 86 77 15

Quality of railroad infrastructure 106 74 30

Quality of port infrastructure 59 85 16

Quality of air transport infrastructure 85 57 55

Quality of electricity supply 109 103 41

Fixed telephone lines 124 118 104

Mobile telephone subscriptions 105 114 109

Infrastructure


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Ghana Kenya Namibia

Intellectual property protection

Rank of 139 countries 76 94 31


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Ghana Kenya NamibiaPer capita income

Economic growth over the last five years

Inflation over the past two years

4,310.00 $770.00 $700.00 $

2008 16.522 13.1 9.9822009 19.251 11.75 9.144


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Ghana Kenya Namibia

Potential growth over the next three years

Gross domestic product based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP)valuation of country GDP (in billions international dollars)


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Ghana Kenya Namibia

Concluding rankings

699867Doing Business 2011 overall rankings

The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011

74

1. Inadequately educatedworkforce

2. Access to financing3. Inefficient government

bureaucracy4. Restrictive labour regulations

5. Poor work ethic in nationallabour force

6. Corruption7. Tax rate

114

1. Access to financing2. Inadequate supply of

infrastructure3. Inflation4. Inefficient government

bureaucracy

5. Corruption6. Tax rates7. Poor work ethic in national

labour force

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1. Corruption2. Access to financing3. Inefficient government

bureaucracy4. Inadequate supply of

infrastructure

5. Crime and theft6. Inflation7. Tax rates8. Tax regulations

Risks


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References

The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 releasedby the World Economic Forum

Doing Business 2011 Report

Analysis of Three African Countries

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