Botswana falls in trade enabling rankings

BURS introduced scanners at the border in a bid to reduce barriers to trade
BURS introduced scanners at the border in a bid to reduce barriers to trade

Botswana has been ranked 88th with an overall score of 3.7 out of seven in the 2014 World Economic Forum’s Global Enabling Trade Report.

This represents a significant slide in rankings from position 54 that the country achieved in 2012.
In 2010 Botswana was ranked at position 53.

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