Africa rising

Rwanda: Rwanda wins most improved award in world business report | Mindy Belz

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Lost in the shadows of one black head of state at the UN General Assembly was another, Rwandan president Paul Kagame. Outside UN meetings Kagame received little world attention for a feat reported at the same time world leaders convened in New York: Rwanda has done the most to make itself a business-friendly environment, vaulting from 143rd place to 67th in the World Bank's annual "Doing Business" report. According to the in-depth paper—which measures bureaucratic, financial, and legal hurdles to running a business in 183 countries—"Rwanda is the world's top reformer of business regulation, making it easier to start businesses, register property, protect investors, trade across borders, and access credit"—the first time a sub-Saharan African economy has topped the list (see "Minding Africa," October 10, 2009).

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