The Government needs to assess why it is sliding down the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index when it comes to trade and the cost of electricity, the writer argues. New Zealand is still topping the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index, a ranking of how easy it is to do business in 190 economies and cities. The index rates countries using 10 indicators, ranging from how hard it is to start a business, to paying taxes and getting credit. In these indicators New Zealand ranked similarly to how it did in 2016. — theconversation.com/au- Prof Siah Hwee Ang is chair in business in Asia at the School of Marketing and International Business at Victoria University of Wellington.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 22, 2017 18:22 UTC