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GLOBAL RANKINGS |DI SPATCH E S

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Bay of Bengal

DJIBOUTI

PACIFIC OCEAN

TAIWAN

Rangoon

N'Djamena BENIN

Dhaka Kolkata BURMA (MYANMAR)

Arabian Sea

SUDAN

Taipei

BANGLADESH

Karachi Muscat

OMAN

YEMEN

East China Sea

BHUTAN

Thimphu

Mecca

Khartoum

Niamey

Katmandu

Delhi

QATAR

SAUDI ARABIA

Jeddah

Shanghai

NEPAL

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BAHRAIN

Riyadh

CHAD

Osaka

Wuhan

JORDAN

ERITREA

JAPAN

Tokyo

CHINA

Kabul

IR AQ

EGYPT

NIGER

Pyongyang

SOUTH KOREA

Tehran

LIBYA

ME & PRINCIPE

Beijing

TAJIKISTAN

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CYPRUS

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F.Y.R. MACEDONIA GREECE

SERBIA

Tunis

GEORGIA

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MONTENEGRO

Algiers

Black Sea

BULGARIA

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Bucharest

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MONACO

Belgrade

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Novosibirsk

Warsaw

GERMANY

BELGIUM

Moscow

LITHUANIA

POLAND

Berlin

Bering Sea

LATVIA

South China Sea

CAMBODIA

Phnom Penh

VIETNAM

Manila

PHILIPPINES

MICRONESIA

SOMALIA

Addis Ababa

NIGERIA SOUTH SUDAN

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CAMEROON

ETHIOPIA

MALDIVES Colombo

SRI LANKA

KIRIBATI PALAU

BRUNEI

Yaoundé

INDIAN OCEAN

Bangui UGANDA

Mogadishu

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Kampala OF CONGO

Libreville

GABON

SOUTH SUDAN

SINGAPORE

SEYCHELLES

Dar-es-Salaam

TANZANIA

BURUNDI

Jakarta

TIMOR LESTE

COMOROS

ANGOLA ZAMBIA

SOLOMON ISLANDS Dili

MALAWI

Luanda

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

INDONESIA

RWANDA

Kinshasa

Cabinda (Angola)

NAURU

Kuala Lumpur

KENYA

Nairobi

Kigali Bujumbura

Brazzaville

MALAYSIA

Timor Sea

Lilongwe

Port Moresby

Honiara

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SWAZILAND

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LESOTHO

MAURITIUS

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Johannesburg

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Medium-high risk

LEGAL & REGULATORY RISK:

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POLITICAL VIOLENCE: RISK OF DOING BUSINESS: BANKING SECTOR VULNERABILITY: INABILITY OF GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE STIMULUS:

Risks to Doing Business: The regulatory obstacles to setting up and operating business in the country, such as excessive procedures, the time and cost of registering a new business, dealing with building permits, trading across borders and getting bank credit with sound A U SArgentina, T R A L I A Bolivia, Dominica, business plans. This risk is found in 96 countries, including Brisbane Nigeria and Russia. Banking Sector Vulnerability: The risk of a country’s domestic banking sector going into crisis Perth or not being able to support economic growth with adequate credit. This risk comprises Sydney linkages measures of the capitalization and strength of the banking sector, and macro-financial Canberra such as total indebtedness, trade performance and labor market rigidity. Adelaide This risk is found in 106 countries and territories, including China, India, El Salvador and Thailand. Melbourne

VANUATU

New Caledonia (Fr)

Tasman Sea Auckland

Risks to Fiscal Stimulus: The risk of the government not being able to stimulate the economy due to lack of fiscal credibility, declining reserves, high debt burden or government inefficiency. This risk is found in 94 countries and territories, including Albania, Morocco, Liberia, Tanzania and Uganda.

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