Best Countries for Business: Forbes

Rank-previous year 83 GDP Growth 4.7% GDP/Capita $2,600 Trade Balance -3.2% Population 172.8 mil Federal Budget Balance as % of GDP -2.2% For more on this article, please click on the following link: Best Countries for Business: Forbes

Rank vs. 2008 Trade Freedom 108 Monetary Freedom 87 Property Rights 88 Innovation 77 Technology 94 Red Tape 68 Investor Protection 48 Corruption 105 Personal Freedom 107 Corporate Tax Rate 85

Pakistan ranked 83 in 'Forbes best countries for business': Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been ranked 83 in a global list of the best countries to do business in, improving from rank 93 of last year. While Pakistan has climbed 10 places, India is down thirteen notches to 64. In the new Forbes study that compared business climate from various angles in 121 countries, Denmark tops the list, having displaced the US, last year's leader, Ary ONE World TV reported. Ireland and Finland follow at No 2 and No 3 spots. The United States is at No 4 now, followed by United Kingdom. The Forbes report pointing out that Pakistan, an impoverished and underdeveloped country, has suffered from decades of internal political disputes, low levels of foreign investment, and a costly, ongoing confrontation with neighboring India. However, since 2001, IMF-approved reforms most notably, privatisation of the banking sector - bolstered by generous foreign assistance and renewed access to global markets, have generated macroeconomic recovery.

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