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phones have reduced the number of intermediaries in commodity value chains. Because of
mobile phones, farmers can bypass village traders and sell directly to wholesalers.
4.7 Investment climate for value adding activities and exports
Many OIC countries are interested in upgrading to enhance the value adding activities within
their borders. However, this requires investment and in many OIC countries the investment
climate is not conducive for this, as the World Bank’s Cost of Doing Business Study (2015)
reveals. This study keeps track and measures the ease with which it is possible to do business,
trade and exchange in a country to give a general indication of a country’s investment climate,
including procedures for starting a business, access to finance, getting utility connections, ease
of trading across borders, and registering property.
Overall, 189 countries are compared with respect to starting a business and protecting
investors and the OIC Member Countries score an average of 126th out of 189. The best
performing OIC country is Malaysia on place 18 overall, compared to the worst performing
country Libya, ranking 188 (se .
Figure 4-3 The ease of doing business in OIC Member Countries, 2015
Source: World Bank Doing Business Study, 2015
Explanation: Number of ranked countries: 189. The higher the score of a country, the worse the business climate.
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Malaysia
United Arab Emirates
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
BahrainTurkey
Oman
AlbaniaMorocco
KazakhstanAzerbaijan
Kuwait
Brunei Darussalam
Kyrgyz Republic
Lebanon
Egypt, Arab Rep.
IndonesiaMaldives
JordanGuyana
OIC
Mozambique
Pakistan
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Yemen, Rep.Gambia, TheSierra Leone
Uzbekistan
Palestine
Gabon
Mali
Cote d'Ivoire
Togo
Uganda
Benin
AlgeriaDjibouti
Iraq
Cameroon
Comoros
Sudan
Senegal
SurinameTajikistan
Burkina Faso
Niger
GuineaNigeria
Bangladesh
Syria Arab Republic
Mauritania
Guinea-Bissau
Afghanistan
ChadLibya
Country ranking
African Group Arab Group Asian Group OIC Average