This year’s Doing Business report, Doing Business in 2014, is out. It is always interesting to see which countries have moved up or down in the annual rankings –– as problematic as the methodology of rankings is, it is still a potent source of debate on the relative need for reform. This year, World Bank…
Innovation in business registration
For some years, the system for business registration in South Africa has been in crisis and in recent years there has been a process of reform designed to improve this problem. I have been involved in various business environment reform programmes in a number of countries that focus on business registration and licensing, much of…
Streamlining and Shortening Licensing Processes Through a One-Stop-Shop Facility (the One-stop Business Facilitation Centre)
As a small landlocked country surrounded by South Africa, one would think that making import and export easier for local businesses is a critical issue. How else can business obtain access to the markets they require to expand and employ people? However, Doing Business 2010 reports that it takes 44 days to obtain an export license and…