For all those who are following the Honduras thread and might miss this juicy news item be sure to read this
The DR posts a very poor 99th ranking in regulatory environment and physical security components of the business environment category .
As a result of poor performance in most other categories, overall, the Dominican Republic is ranked 81st,
with a score of 3.64 among 121 countries in the Global Enabling Trade 2009 Index published by the World Economic Forum.
This score and ranking compares to
4.96 for Chile (ranked 19th),
4.36 for Costa Rica (ranked 43rd),
4.18 for Uruguay (ranked 51st),
4.06 for Panama (ranked 53rd),
4 for El Salvador (ranked 56th),
3.97 for Guatemala (ranked 58th),
3.81 for Peru (ranked 65th),
3.80 for Honduras (ranked 66th),
3.74 for Mexico (ranked 74th),
3.71 for Nicaragua (ranked 77th) and
3.70 for Jamaica (ranked 79th),
Colombia 3.61 (ranked 84th),
Brazil 3.58 (ranked 87th),
Bolivia 3.55 (ranked 88th),
Argentina 3.46 (ranked 97th).
The Global Enabling Trade 2009 Report is published for the second time and covering 121 economies worldwide. The report presents a resource for dialogue and provides a yardstick of the extent to which economies have in place the necessary attributes for enabling trade and where improvements are most needed. The index has been revised since it was first published in 2008. The main changes concern the explicit inclusion of the export dimension in the index and the addition of an assessment of overall governance conditions to the business environment subindex.
Explore the Global Enabling Trade Report 2009
WOW... leaves the DR beating whom? Haiti and Paraguay? Have to check the report... but this should certainly make some noise along some marble corriders....
if there is any light to read it by
The DR posts a very poor 99th ranking in regulatory environment and physical security components of the business environment category .
As a result of poor performance in most other categories, overall, the Dominican Republic is ranked 81st,
with a score of 3.64 among 121 countries in the Global Enabling Trade 2009 Index published by the World Economic Forum.
This score and ranking compares to
4.96 for Chile (ranked 19th),
4.36 for Costa Rica (ranked 43rd),
4.18 for Uruguay (ranked 51st),
4.06 for Panama (ranked 53rd),
4 for El Salvador (ranked 56th),
3.97 for Guatemala (ranked 58th),
3.81 for Peru (ranked 65th),
3.80 for Honduras (ranked 66th),
3.74 for Mexico (ranked 74th),
3.71 for Nicaragua (ranked 77th) and
3.70 for Jamaica (ranked 79th),
Colombia 3.61 (ranked 84th),
Brazil 3.58 (ranked 87th),
Bolivia 3.55 (ranked 88th),
Argentina 3.46 (ranked 97th).
The Global Enabling Trade 2009 Report is published for the second time and covering 121 economies worldwide. The report presents a resource for dialogue and provides a yardstick of the extent to which economies have in place the necessary attributes for enabling trade and where improvements are most needed. The index has been revised since it was first published in 2008. The main changes concern the explicit inclusion of the export dimension in the index and the addition of an assessment of overall governance conditions to the business environment subindex.
Explore the Global Enabling Trade Report 2009
WOW... leaves the DR beating whom? Haiti and Paraguay? Have to check the report... but this should certainly make some noise along some marble corriders....
if there is any light to read it by