Barriers and Opportunities for Enhancing Capital Flows
In the COMCEC Member Countries
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Appendix 6: The EIU Business Environment Rankings, forecast period 2013-17
Low income group
EIU Business Environment Rankings
(out of 10)
Foreign trade and exchange controls Policy toward foreign investment
Bangladesh 6.4 5.5
Chad 4.6 4.2
Comoros 5.5 5.1
Mozambique 6 4.6
Source: EIU Country Forecasts; data for 2013-17 forecast period. Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina
Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kyrgyz Republic, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia and
Tajikistan, which belong to this group, are not covered by the EIU Business Environment
Rankings.
Lower middle income group
EIU Business Environment Rankings
(out of
10)
Foreign trade and exchange
controls
Policy toward foreign
investment
Egypt 5.5 6.4
Indonesia 7.8 5.1
Morocco 6.9 6
Nigeria 4.2 4.6
Pakistan 5.1 6.9
Source: EIU Country Forecasts; data for 2013-17 forecast period. Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire,
Djibouti, Guyana, Mauritania, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan and Yemen, which belong to
this group, are not covered by the EIU Business Environment Rankings.