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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Low income
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14,195,085
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280
Below are select highlights for the data included in the profile.
- Niger ranks lower than its regional and income group averages for all five global rankings.
- Tax rates and informality (percentage of sales reported for tax purposes) were ranked as the greatest obstacles to firm investment, according to the 2005 Enterprise Survey.
- According to Doing Business, Niger improved 40 places in the Registering Property indicator by reducing the number of days from 49 to 32, and by cutting its registration taxes from 10% to 5%. Two of the three worst Doing Business sub-indicators for Niger are associated with employing workers. Niger also ranks among the bottom 15 countries for time to import and export and cost to import and export.
View reports on the business environment produced by the World Bank Group within the last five years.
View projects associated with the World Bank Group's Finance and Private Sector Development unit. View brief summaries of the private sector strategy as stated in the most recent Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) document.
Niger Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) PSD focus:
(January 2003)
- Financial sector reform: - Improve regulatory environment; - Restructured banking and insurance sector; - Develop micro-finance institutions.
- Implementation of privatization program. - Improve infrastructure; - Simplify regulatory framework; - Improve legal and judiciary system.