Malawi ranks poorly on Forbe’s business report | The Times Group

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Malawi ranks poorly on Forbe's business report

Posted By: Taonga Sabola on: January 04, 2018 In: Business No Comments

US-based global media giant, Forbes, has ranked Malawi poorly on business friendliness in 2017.

According to Forbes' Best Countries for Business Ratings for 2017, Malawi ranks on position 136

out of 153 global economies.

Within the region, Malawi ranks above Zimbabwe, which is on position 145.

According to the rankings, the United Kingdom is at the top for the first time, up from fifth in 2016.

Forbes says the rankings are determined using factors such as property rights, innovation, taxes,

technology, corruption, infrastructure, market size, political risk, quality of life, workforce, freedom,

red tape and investor protection.

"Each category was equally weighted. We only included countries with data across at least 11

cateqories," Forbes says.


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‘Climate not conducive for exporters to benefit from Agoa’ - The Nation Online

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'Climate not conducive for exporters to

benefit from Agoa

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Exporters' quest to improve the quality of their products to meet global appeal, as part of efforts to boost the

export trade through initiatives such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), is being derailed by poor

business environment, a trade expert has said.

Malawi, unlike other sub-Saharan African countries that Agoa targets, has not explored the opportunity to full

potential during the past 15-year period of the United States government initiative—which among others is



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