Published 06-12-03
Submitted by World Economic Forum
The Index is calculated from responses to the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey 2003, which captures the perceptions of national business leaders on the quality of the business environment of the country in which they operate. This year, close to 2000 surveys are being collected from African countries in collaboration with the Global Competitiveness Programme’s Partner Institutes, a group of leading national academic and research organizations. Although not featured among the 21 countries in this preview, other countries that will be part of the final rankings include Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda and Senegal.
The Index is among the parts of the forthcoming African Competitiveness Report 2003-2004, which are being pre-released today to coincide with the World Economic Forum’s Africa Economic Summit 2003 in Durban, South Africa where the challenges of governance in the region will be at the top of the agenda.
“The Forum has a long tradition of bringing together public and private sectors to develop successful partnerships,” said Haiko Alfeld, Director of Africa at the World Economic Forum. “We hope that by shining a light on the best and worst practices, we can help improve the state of governance in the region.”
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