Presentación del informe Doing Business Africa 2016

Casa África organises the presentation of Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency, a flagship publication of the World Bank group which for this presentation will specifically focus on highlighting the report's findings as regards to Africa.

This is the 13th edition of a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.

Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 189 economies - from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe - and over time.

Among the key findings of the report it should be mentioned:

• that the businessmen of 123 economies obtained improvements in their local regulatory framework last year, with the Sub-Saharan African region being the one which has the largest number of such reforms.
• that Uganda, Kenya, Mauritania, Senegal and Benin are among the economies that improved the most in the period 2014/2015.

These and other findings of the report, focusing on Africa, will be presented by Santiago Croci, currently in charge of the Stakeholders engagement component of Doing Business.

The event is on the:

• 16th February at 09.30 a.m. at Cámara de Comercio de España, C/ Ribera de Loira, 12, Madrid
• 17th February at 09.30 a.m. at EXTENDA, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla