scholarly journals Ease of Doing Business: Analysis of Trade Facilitations of One Hundred Twenty-Seven Countries of the World

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-75
Author(s):  
Tehmina Fiaz Qazi ◽  
Abdul Aziz Khan Niazi ◽  
Waheed Asghar ◽  
Abdul Basit
Keyword(s):  
Data Extraction ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Original Dataset ◽  
The World ◽  
Ease Of Doing Business ◽  
Grey Relational

Aim of the study is to evaluate ease of doing business though analysis of trade facilitations by different countries. The scope of the study involves one hundred and twenty-seven countries of the world and uses secondary data taken from World Development Indicators (WDI) 2020. Overall design of study consists of review of literature, data extraction and analysis. This study uses Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) as research methodology. Results show that member countries of OECD performed exceptionally well, whereas, member countries of SADC have exceptionally poor performance on agenda of ease of doing business and trade facilitations.  The study is useful for existing and potential business owners/mangers, policy makers and researchers. It uses reliable country level original dataset therefore findings of the study are valuable for stakeholders.

scholarly journals A Country-Level Analysis of Worldwide Official Financing by International Financial Institutions

sjesr ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-146
Author(s):  
Abdul Basit ◽  
Tehmina Fiaz Qazi ◽  
Abdul Aziz Khan
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
International Financial Institutions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Financial Flows ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Country Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Grey Relational Grade ◽  
Grey Relational

This study aims to evaluate worldwide official financial flows by international financial institutions to selected 123 countries of the world. The design of the study is composed of a review of literature elicited from research databases, extraction of secondary data of World Development Indicators (WDI) 2020, and mathematical analysis. In real time, cross-sectional country-level data, a classical process of Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) has been applied. Results of the study show that Argentina, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India, Egypt, Arab Rep., Kenya, Costa Rica, Vietnam, Chad, Tanzania, Colombia, Uzbekistan, Nepal, Indonesia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Cameroon, and Uganda have exceptionally high grey relational grade meaning thereby, having an effective system of obtaining official international financial flows. Zimbabwe, Russian Federation, Botswana, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, South Africa, Burundi, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Pakistan, Peru, Romania, and Ukraine have poor grey relational grade meaning thereby, having a relatively weak system of obtaining official financial flows. It is a unique study that provides extensive information on the official financial flows of more than a hundred countries of the world and provides the basis for the informed opinion of policymakers, political governments, economic policymakers, researchers, and academia. It also provides valuable information useful for international financial institutions.

scholarly journals Comprehensive Analysis of Tariff Barriers Worldwide: A Composite Assessment Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-215
Author(s):  
Muhammad Khalid Rashid ◽  
Abdul Basit ◽  
Tehmina Fiaz Qazi ◽  
Abdul Aziz Khan Niazi
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
The World ◽  
Grey Relational

International trade has fundamental importance for all the countries and the analysis concerning international trade particularly concerning tariff barriers is high on the agenda of researchers in the field of economics, business and politics. Aim of the study is to assess the world tariff barriers of 158 countries. Overall design of the study comprises of a crisp literature review, data extraction and analysis. It is a study of one hundred fifty-eight countries that uses secondary data taken from World Development Indicators (WDI) 2020. It uses Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) as research methodology. Results of GRA show that Macao SAR, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Montenegro, Mauritius, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Chile, Peru and Australia have relatively highest grey relational grades meaning thereby, low tariff trade barriers whereas Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Central African Republic, Nepal, Guinea-Bissau, Fiji, Gabon, Barbados, Djibouti, St. Kitts and Nevis have lowest grey relational grade meaning thereby, these countries have high level of tariff based barriers of international trade. Interestingly, all the member countries of European Union occupy the rank of 27 (i.e. all countries have the same rank) which can be explained in the perspective of their union of tariff. Since, they have uniformed tariff policy as against rest of the world, therefore, have same rank. It is a study based on reliable real time data set. The study has value for all stakeholders i.e. international community, local governments, society at large, policy makers, researchers and international institutions.

scholarly journals Excavating Future Challenges: An Analysis of Health Systems of One Hundred-Six Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Abdul Basit ◽  
Waheed Asghar ◽  
Abdul Aziz Khan Niazi ◽  
Tehmina Fiaz Qazi
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Health System ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Grey Relational Grade ◽  
Grey Relational

Purpose: Health system of a country is backbone of economy. It has fundamental importance in sustainable development of a country. Aim of this article is to excavate future challenges to health system of selected 106 countries. Design/Methodology/Approach: It is a country level comparative analysis of health risk factors. Design of the study includes review of literature, data extraction and analysis. The cross-sectional secondary data has been drawn from website of World Development Indicators (WDI) 2020. Grey relational analysis is used as technique of investigation. Findings: Results show that majorly, member countries of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have exceptionally high grey relational grade, therefore, are considered to be countries having less future health risks, whereas, Southern African Development Community (SADC) have exceptionally low grey relational grade, therefore, have high future health risk. Implications/Originality/Value: It is a unique study using different dataset and methods that provides valuable insights to political governments, researchers and health system managers.                                                             

scholarly journals The Problem of the Ease of Doing Business Assessment

10.3846/155 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 66-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mindaugas Samoška
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Ease Of Doing Business ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

The study deals with the ease of doing business and global competitiveness assessment models. Both models basically describe conditions for doing business in a certain country that is being ranked and evaluated. However, different data mining principles differ the results (quantitative and qualitative methods), although factors measured are basically the same concerning its nature and importance. The World Economic Forum’s method takes into account several factors that are possible to evaluate only in quantitative method (e.g. Ethics and corruption). We have overviewed both models and graphically presented evaluation processes with detailed factors that are evaluated in each model.

scholarly journals Menarik Investasi Ke Indonesia Dengan Tax Holiday

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-141
Author(s):  
Irwan Aribowo ◽  
Deny Irawan
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Positive Signal ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Ease Of Doing Business ◽  
Tax Holidays ◽  
The Right ◽  
Tax Holiday

This research contains about how tax holiday as one of the tax incentives used by the Indonesian government to attract investment Ease of Doing Business index (EoDB)  released by the World Bank. Tax holiday is expected to be able to provide a positive signal to investors that Indonesia is the right country to invest in. In this paper it was found that tax holidays are not capable of attracting investment alone, but other factors are needed in order for tax holidays to be successful in attracting investment. Penelitian ini berisi tentang bagaimana tax holiday sebagai salah satu insentif pajak yang digunakan oleh pemerintah Indonesia untuk menarik investasi Karena pajak merupakan salah satu yang menjadi perhitungan dalam indeks kemudahan bisnis yang dirilis oleh Bank Dunia. Tax holiday diharapkan mampu memberikan sinyal positif kepada para investor bahwa Indonesia adalah negara yang tepat untuk berinvestasi. Dalam penelitian ini dtemukan bahwa tax holiday tak mampu sendirian menarik investasi, akan tetapi dibutuhkan faktor-faktor lain agar tax holiday berhasil menarik investasi,

Policies could damage Tanzania’s strong growth trend

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Growth Trend ◽  
Sharp Drop ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The World ◽  
Ease Of Doing Business ◽  
Tourism Revenue ◽  
Growing Population

Significance The World Bank’s 2017 Ease of Doing Business ranking shows Tanzania improving, moving up to 132nd place from 144 last year. However, an austerity drive and a crackdown on tax evasion may undermine progress. Businesses have shuttered since President John Magufuli took office, and commercial retrenchment could dampen key growth sectors including construction, telecoms and financial services. Impacts A fast-growing population of 53 million will add to an already large consumer base. A sharp drop in tourism revenue could prompt a review of taxation on the sector. Natural gas discoveries could boost revenue, but exports will only begin in the next decade.

scholarly journals The relationship between government, market and enterprises in Vietnam

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-28
Author(s):  
Dao Thi Thieu Ha
Keyword(s):  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Government Effectiveness ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Governance Indicators ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Freedom Index ◽  
Ease Of Doing Business ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship

This article analyses the reality relationship among government, market and enterprises in Vietnam in the period of 1996-2012. We find out that: (i) the effectiveness of government indicators such as ease of doing business index, the economic freedom index, the government effectiveness indicators (belong to the governance indicators) improved considerably overtime but have not reached the average level of the world; (ii) the relationship between government and enterprises has not been clear-cut. As a result, though many reforms have been conducted, state owned enterprises still take up a high percentage in many industries and enjoy multiple preferential polices while operate inefficiently. This articles also points out the reasons of the situation and gives some recommendations for solving those problems.

An Empirical Investigation of Debt Overhang on Selected Asian Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 396-399
Author(s):  
Arindam Das ◽  
Nilotpal Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
External Debt ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Debt Overhang ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Country Level ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

The impact of external debt on investment is a very popular issue which has been empirically tested by many scholars. But when such debt becomes unsustainable it threatens sustainable economic development of a country. Since the inception of debt crisis in the 1980s, when and how external debt burden creates a debt overhang paradox is a controversial issue. Debt overhang is a paradox because debt is expected to stimulate growth and development of a country, but contrary to this expectation debt after crossing a threshold limit hinders such growth and development. This article examines whether huge external debt build over time really has a detrimental effect on investment at the country level. The present study has been conducted on 18 Asian countries of the world for the period from 2000 to 2015 by using the data from the World Development Indicators. Panel regression technique has been applied to examine the impact of external debt on investment. A Granger causality test has also been conducted on external debt and investment to find out whether external debt has any causal impact on investment. The result shows the existence of the debt overhang paradox.

Institutions, Gender, and Entrepreneurship in Latin America

2018 ◽  
pp. 1334-1355
Author(s):  
David Urbano ◽  
Sebastian Aparicio ◽  
Maria Noguera
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Personal Autonomy ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The World

This chapter seeks to explore the institutional effects on the probability of becoming an entrepreneur, for both women and men, among a low-income level population, in the context of Latin American countries. By using institutional economics, it is hypothesized that personal autonomy, membership of an art or music organization, membership of a religious organization, and secondary educational environment have a positive effect on the probability of becoming self-employed, for both female and male. The World Values Survey (at individual level) and the World Development Indicators (at country level) provide the main information to empirically assess the influence of institutions on low-income self-employment. The findings from probit models suggest that personal autonomy, membership of an art or music organization, and secondary educational environment are factors defining the context in which women and men become entrepreneurs. Public strategies regarding gender equality are discussed.

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