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Figure 17: Percentage change in OECD TFIs, African Group, 2012-2017.
Source: OECD TFIs.
The next figure performs the same analysis for the Arab Group. In this case, there are again
numerous countries where data are not available for 2012, which means that a temporal
comparison is not possible; they have been dropped from the sample. In addition, and as for the
African Group figure, there are some countries where only some pillars have figures for both
years, so those countries are listed but only some pillars are present. Having said this, the picture
that emerges is again one of patchy improvement, with the exception of Algeria, where positive
changes are more broad-based. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE stand out has having seen
significant improvements in terms of involvement of the trade community, and Oman has seen
significant positive movement on appeal procedures. However, there is also evidence of
backsliding, with deteriorations in scores over time in numerous Arab Group countries.
Generally, the backsliding is on one or two indicators, except in the case of Bahrain where it is
present for all four pillars. Nonetheless, the improvements seen are typically larger in relative
terms than the possible backsliding.
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Benin
Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
Cameroon
Gambia, The
Mali
Mozambique
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Uganda
Percent
Country
Appeal Procedures Advance Rulings
Involvement of the Trade Community Information Availability