Facilitating Smallholder Farmers’ Market Access
In the OIC Member Countries
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countries. Still, in absolute terms, the indicators suggest that the process of institution
building remains important in Uganda. In all instances, Uganda scores in the bottom half of
the indicator scores.
Another perspective on the strength of government institutions comes from surveys of the
business community that backstop the World Bank Group’s Cost of Doing Business
Indicators.95 With urbanization, businesses step in to build the value chain linking farmers
to urban consumers. A supportive and competitive business environment can lower
transaction costs, benefiting both consumers and producers, as seen in the example in
Key results from the 2014 Doing Business indicators are consistent with those of
the Worldwide Governance Indicators. Survey respondents in Uganda rated the overall
business environment better than respondents in several other African OIC member
countries. Still, when compared to all 189 countries surveyed for Doing Business, the
overall business environment in Uganda was perceived as relatively challenging.
TABLE 8: COST OF DOING BUSINESS RANKINGS FOR UGANDA AND SELECTED OIC COUNTRIES,
2014
Ease of Doing
Business
Starting a
Business
Getting
Credit
Protecting
Investors
Enforcing
Contracts
Kyrgyz Republic 68 12 13 22 70
Turkey 69 93 86 34 38
Azerbaijan 70 10 55 22 28
Morocco 87 39 109 115 83
Pakistan 110 105 73 34 158
Jordan 119 117 170 170 133
Indonesia 120 175 86 52 147
Egypt 128 50 86 147 156
Bangladesh 130 74 86 22 185
Uganda 132 151 42 115 117
Mozambique 139 95 130 52 145
Tajikistan 143 87 159 22 39
Uzbekistan 146 21 130 138 40
Nigeria 147 122 13 68 136
Madagascar 148 29 180 68 160
Côte d'Ivoire 167 115 130 157 88
Cameroon 168 132 109 128 175
Senegal 178 110 130 170 167
Source: World Bank 2013b.
95 World Bank (2013b).