WASHINGTON, October 31, 2017 – Sub-Saharan Africa economies adopted a record number of business reforms for a second consecutive year, says the 15th anniversary edition of the World Bank Group’s annual Doing Business report, which monitors the ease of doing business for small and medium enterprises around the world. A total of 83 business reforms were carried out in the past year, surpassing the previous year’s record of 81 reforms. Rwanda, which is second only to New Zealand in Registering Property, implemented online services to further facilitate property transfers. In the ease of doing business global rankings, Mauritius is in 25th place, followed by Rwanda (41), and Kenya (80) as the region’s top ranked economies. * In the area of Enforcing Contracts, Rwanda reduced the time to settle a commercial dispute from 395 days 15 years ago, to 230 days today.

Source: GNN Liberia October 31, 2017 14:15 UTC