NewsWhore
10-09-2008, 03:40 PM
The DR is ranked 98th among 137 countries evaluated for their competitiveness, as part of the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index. The country more or less maintains its position from last year, as while it dropped two points in its ranking, this year three more countries were added. Only Ecuador, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia fared worse than the DR in Latin America. The DR is ranked 47th among 134 nations assessed for the time it takes to open a new business, after procedures were simplified last year. In 2007, the DR was ranked 109th in that category.
Listin Diario reports that in comparison to its fellow DR-CAFTA signatory countries, the DR only ranked as more competitive than Nicaragua.
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Listin Diario reports that in comparison to its fellow DR-CAFTA signatory countries, the DR only ranked as more competitive than Nicaragua.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)