Facilitating Smallholder Farmers’ Market Access
In the OIC Member Countries
72
ranks 120th out of 189 countries covered by the surveys. The table does not present data
on all aspects of business regulations, but it gives a sense of the unevenness of regulatory
outcomes in Indonesia. For example, although Indonesia ranks in the top half of surveyed
countries with respect to getting credit and protecting investors, it scores poorly when it
comes to perceptions about contract enforcement and starting a business.
TABLE 13: COST OF DOING BUSINESS RANKINGS FOR INDONESIA AND SELECTED OIC
COUNTRIES, 2014
Ease of
Doing
Business
Starting
a
Business
Getting
Credit
Protectin
g
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.
As discussed, a workforce that is well trained to work outside of agriculture is an
important ingredient of a virtuous economic transformation. The Indonesian government
has invested heavily in education. It has closed the gender gap in education, and children
entering school today are expected to stay in school for more than 12 years .