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15 July 2012

Kenyan regions more competitive

At the end of June, the World Bank issued its second report on comparative ease of doing business at the infranational level in Kenya.
It shows, using the Doing Business method, that over the past two years, all 13 cities have improved business registration processes while 2 cities expedited the approval of construction permits. Joint reform efforts by the national and local governments have reduced the average time to start a business by 22 days and the average cost by 5%. Mombasa is the city that saw most improvements across 3 out of the 4 areas measured. Due to a broad based business reform program, starting a business is more than one month faster today than in 2009; while the opening of a specialized court in September 2011 paved the way for more efficient commercial dispute resolution. This report, which measures the impact of regulatory reforms, offers encouragement to Kenyan reformers.

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