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Macedonia performs best in SEE on ease of doing business - World Bank

Oct 23, 2012, 4:34:38 PMArticle by Nina Byalkova
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SKOPJE (Macedonia), October 23 (SeeNews) – Macedonia ranks highest among the countries in Southeast Europe (SEE) in terms of reforms aimed at doing business easier, the World Bank said on Tuesday.

Macedonia performs best in SEE on ease of doing business - World Bank

Macedonia was 23rd, Slovenia took the 35th place, Montenegro was 51st, Bulgaria occupied the 66th position, Romania was ranked 72nd, the World Bank said in its Doing Business 2013 report covering 185 economies.

Macedonia ranked fifth among the countries where it is easiest to start business.

Following are details about the SEE countries covered in the report:

Country Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Dealing with construction permits (rank)
Albania 85 62 185
Bosnia and Herzegovina..126 162 163
Bulgaria 66 57 123
Croatia 84 80 143
Kosovo 98 126 144
Macedonia 23 5 65
Moldova 83 92 168
Montenegro 51 58 176
Romania 72 68 129
Serbia 86 42 179
Slovenia 35 30 61

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