Analysis of three African

countries
Ghana, Kenya and Namibia
Summary

 Since the end of 2008, developing countries have begun

to feel the full effects of the financial and
economic crisis. The global economic crisis was an
enormous shock for developing countries and World
trade is experiencing its largest decline in
generations. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and
other private flows are also declining. Therefore,
developing countries are not in strong position to
address the consequences of the current economic
crisis.
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Kenya

Namibia
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 Ghana Kenya Namibia
Reliable trading partner
Entire South African
development
community, Angola and
Zimbabwe
Stability of tax and tariff regime
Encourages tax
system. Current rate of
corporate income 35%.
Allowances on buildings
used in the trade 20%.
Foreign income not
Effectiveness of public administration taxable

Indicator(Rank) Ghana Kenya Namibia

Wastefulness of government spending 67 103 27
Burden of government regulation 47 106 38
Efficiency of legal framework in settling 50 100 24
disputes
Efficiency of legal framework in challenging 57 108 15
regulations
Transparency of government policymaking 99 109 39
 Ghana Kenya Namibia

Prevalence of corruption
 Ghana Kenya Namibia

Indicator Ghana Kenya Namibia OECD

Procedures (numbers) 7 11 10 5.6
Time (days) 12 33 66 13.8
Cost (% of income per capita) 20.3 38.3 18.5 5.3
Paid-in Min. Capital (% of 11.0 0.0 0.0 15.3
income per capita)

Bureaucratic delays
 Ghana Kenya Namibia
Ethic legislation
(ethical behaviour in interactions with public officials, politicians, and other enterprises)

66 117 45
Labour unions and relations
Ghana Kenya Namibia
Cooperation in labour-employer 61 83 108
relations
Flexibility of wage determination 118 81 83
Rigidity of employment 67 37 27
Hiring and firing practices 57 12 124
Redundancy costs 131 81 44

Religious tensions

80-90% Christians
(50% Lutheran)
 Ghana Kenya Namibia

Ghana Kenya Namibia

Quality of overall infrastructure 85 88 25
Quality of roads 86 77 15
Quality of railroad infrastructure 106 74 30
Quality of port infrastructure 59 85 16
Quality of air transport infrastructure 85 57 55
Quality of electricity supply 109 103 41
Fixed telephone lines 124 118 104
Mobile telephone subscriptions 105 114 109

Infrastructure
 Ghana Kenya Namibia

Rank of 139 countries 76 94 31

Intellectual property protection

 Ghana Kenya Namibia
Per capita income
700.00 $ 770.00 $ 4,310.00 $

Economic growth over the last five years

Inflation over the past two years

2008 16.522 13.1 9.982

2009 19.251 11.75 9.144
 Ghana Kenya Namibia
Potential growth over the next three years

Gross domestic product based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP)

valuation of country GDP (in billions international dollars)
 Ghana Kenya Namibia
Doing Business 2011 overall rankings
67 98 69

The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011

114 106 74
Risks
1.Access to financing 1.Corruption 1.Inadequately educated
2.Inadequate supply of 2.Access to financing workforce
infrastructure 3.Inefficient government 2.Access to financing
3.Inflation bureaucracy 3.Inefficient government
4.Inefficient government 4.Inadequate supply of bureaucracy
bureaucracy infrastructure 4.Restrictive labour regulations
5.Corruption 5.Crime and theft 5.Poor work ethic in national
6.Tax rates 6.Inflation labour force
7.Poor work ethic in national 7.Tax rates 6.Corruption
labour force 8.Tax regulations 7.Tax rate

Concluding rankings
References

 The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 released

by the World Economic Forum
 Doing Business 2011 Report
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