Armenia ranked 88th in Forbes’s Best countries for Business

News.am, Armenia
Dec 22 2017
Armenia ranked 88th in Forbes’s Best countries for Business Armenia ranked 88th in Forbes’s Best countries for Business

20:14, 22.12.2017
                  

Armenia is ranked 88th in the Forbes Best Countries for Business List. 

According to the article, the government has made some improvements in tax and customs administration in recent years, but anti-corruption measures have been largely ineffective. Armenia will need to pursue additional economic reforms and strengthen the rule of law in order to raise its economic growth and improve economic competitiveness and employment opportunities, especially given its economic isolation from Turkey and Azerbaijan. Armenia’s geographic isolation, a narrow export base, and pervasive monopolies in important business sectors have made it particularly vulnerable to deteriorations in the global commodity markets and the economic challenges in Russia.

Armenian neighbor Georgia takes the 52th position, Turkey is 56th, Iran is 100th, and Azerbaijan is 70th.

According to Forbes, the best country for business this year is UK.  Chad was ranked the worst place to do business in 2018.

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS