Namibia - CountryWatch

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Corruption Perceptions Index Investment Overview Editor's Note : As of 2011 and well into 2012, the global economic crisis (emerging in 2008) has affected many countries across the world, resulting in changes to their rankings. Among those countries affected were top tier economies, such as the United Kingdom, Iceland, Switzerland and Austria. However, in all these cases, their rankings have moved slightly upward in the last year as anxieties ease. The United States continues to retain its previous slight downgrade due to the threat of default surrounding the debt ceiling crisis in that country, matched by a conflict-ridden political climate. Other top tier countries, such as Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and Italy, suffered some effects due to debt woes and the concomitant effect on the euro zone. Greece, another euro zone nation, was also downgraded due to its sovereign debt crisis; however, Greece's position on the precipice of default incurred a sharper downgrade. Cyprus' exposure to Greek bank yielded a downgrade in its case. Slovenia and Latvia have been slightly downgraded due to a mix of economic and political concerns but could easily be upgraded in a future assessment, should these concerns abate. Despite the "trifecta of tragedy" in Japan in 2011 -- the earthquake, the ensuing tsunami, and the resulting nuclear crisis -- and the appreciable destabilization of the economic and political terrain therein, this country has only slightly been downgraded. Japan's challenges have been assessed to be transient, the government remains accountable, and there is little risk of default. Both India and China retain their rankings; India holds a slightly higher ranking than China due to its record of democratic representation and accountability. At the low end of the spectrum, devolving security conditions and/or economic crisis have resulted in countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and Zimbabwe maintaining their low ratings. In the case of Mexico, there is limited concern about default, but increasing alarm over the security situation in that country and the government's ability to contain it. Political unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Bahrain and Yemen have contributed to a decision to marginally downgrade these countries as well; Syria incurred a sharper downgrade due to the devolution into de facto civil war. Finally, a small but significant upgrade was attributed to Cuba due to its recent pro-business reforms. Source : CountryWatch Inc. www.countrywatch.com Updated : 2012 © Copyright 2013 CountryWatch, Inc. All Rights Reserved. For permission to cite CountryWatch, please email editor@countrywatch.com. For the full CountryWatch offering, please visit www.countrywatch.com. Corruption Perceptions Index Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index Editor's Note: Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index is a composite index which ranks countries in terms of the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials. This index indicates the views of national and international business people and analysts about the levels of corruption in each country. The highest (and best) level of transparency is indicated by the number, 10. The lower (and worse) levels of transparency are indicated by lower numbers. 91 Namibia Review 2013
Investment Overview Corruption Perceptions Index Rank Country/Territory CPI 2009 Score Surveys Used Confidence Range 1 New Zealand 9.4 6 9.1 - 9.5 2 Denmark 9.3 6 9.1 - 9.5 3 Singapore 9.2 9 9.0 - 9.4 3 Sweden 9.2 6 9.0 - 9.3 5 Switzerland 9.0 6 8.9 - 9.1 6 Finland 8.9 6 8.4 - 9.4 6 Netherlands 8.9 6 8.7 - 9.0 8 Australia 8.7 8 8.3 - 9.0 8 Canada 8.7 6 8.5 - 9.0 8 Iceland 8.7 4 7.5 - 9.4 11 Norway 8.6 6 8.2 - 9.1 12 Hong Kong 8.2 8 7.9 - 8.5 12 Luxembourg 8.2 6 7.6 - 8.8 14 Germany 8.0 6 7.7 - 8.3 14 Ireland 8.0 6 7.8 - 8.4 16 Austria 7.9 6 7.4 - 8.3 17 Japan 7.7 8 7.4 - 8.0 17 United Kingdom 7.7 6 7.3 - 8.2 19 United States 7.5 8 6.9 - 8.0 20 Barbados 7.4 4 6.6 - 8.2 21 Belgium 7.1 6 6.9 - 7.3 22 Qatar 7.0 6 5.8 - 8.1 22 Saint Lucia 7.0 3 6.7 - 7.5 24 France 6.9 6 6.5 - 7.3 25 Chile 6.7 7 6.5 - 6.9 25 Uruguay 6.7 5 6.4 - 7.1 27 Cyprus 6.6 4 6.1 - 7.1 27 Estonia 6.6 8 6.1 - 6.9 27 Slovenia 6.6 8 6.3 - 6.9 Namibia Review 2013 92
Page 1 and 2:
Namibia 2013 Country Review http://
Page 3:
CountryWatch COUNTRYWATCH REVIEW 20
Page 6 and 7:
Review Trade and the Exchange Rate
Page 8 and 9:
4 Review
Page 10 and 11:
Country Overview Country Overview C
Page 12 and 13:
Key Data Country Overview Religions
Page 14 and 15:
Key Data Country Overview Africa Re
Page 16 and 17:
History Political Overview Politica
Page 18 and 19:
History Political Overview South Af
Page 20 and 21:
Political Conditions Political Over
Page 22 and 23:
Page 24 and 25:
Page 26 and 27:
Page 28 and 29:
Page 30 and 31:
Political Risk Index Political Over
Page 32 and 33:
Page 34 and 35:
Page 36 and 37:
Page 38 and 39:
Political Stability Political Overv
Page 40 and 41:
Page 42 and 43:
Page 44 and 45:
Page 46 and 47:
Page 48 and 49:
Freedom Rankings Political Overview
Page 50 and 51: Freedom Rankings Political Overview
Page 56 and 57: Human Rights Political Overview con
Page 58 and 59: Government Structure Political Over
Page 60 and 61: Government Structure Political Over
Page 62 and 63: Principal Government Officials Poli
Page 64 and 65: Leader Biography Political Overview
Page 66 and 67: Foreign Relations Political Overvie
Page 68 and 69: Foreign Relations Political Overvie
Page 70 and 71: National Security Political Overvie
Page 72 and 73: Defense Forces Political Overview
Page 74 and 75: Defense Forces Political Overview 6
Page 76 and 77: Economic Overview Economic Overview
Page 78 and 79: Real GDP and GDP Per Capita Economi
Page 80 and 81: Trade and the Exchange Rate Economi
Page 82 and 83: Energy Consumption and Production Q
Page 84 and 85: Agriculture Consumption and Product
Page 86 and 87: Metals Consumption and Production E
Page 88 and 89: World Metals Pricing Summary Econom
Page 90 and 91: Foreign Investment Climate Investme
Page 92 and 93: Foreign Investment Index Investment
Page 102 and 103: Corruption Perceptions Index Invest
Page 108 and 109: Competitiveness Ranking Investment
Page 114 and 115: Taxation Investment Overview Method
Page 116 and 117: Partner Links Investment Overview I
Page 118 and 119: Partner Links Investment Overview E
Page 120 and 121: Partner Links Investment Overview A
Page 122 and 123: Partner Links Investment Overview T
Page 124 and 125: Partner Links Investment Overview C
Page 126 and 127: People Social Overview Social Overv
Page 128 and 129: Human Development Index Social Over
Page 130 and 131: Human Development Index Social Over
Page 132 and 133: Life Satisfaction Index Social Over
Page 140 and 141: Happy Planet Index Social Overview
Page 146 and 147: Status of Women Social Overview Sou
Page 148 and 149: Global Gender Gap Index Social Over
Page 150 and 151:
Global Gender Gap Index Social Over
Page 152 and 153:
Page 154 and 155:
Page 156 and 157:
Page 158 and 159:
Culture and Arts Social Overview :
Page 160 and 161:
Travel Information Social Overview
Page 162 and 163:
Page 164 and 165:
Page 166 and 167:
Page 168 and 169:
Page 170 and 171:
Page 172 and 173:
Page 174 and 175:
Diseases/Health Data Social Overvie
Page 176 and 177:
Page 178 and 179:
Page 180 and 181:
Environmental Issues Environmental
Page 182 and 183:
Greenhouse Gas Ranking Environmenta
Page 184 and 185:
Page 186 and 187:
Page 188 and 189:
Page 190 and 191:
Global Environmental Snapshot Envir
Page 192 and 193:
Page 194 and 195:
Page 196 and 197:
Page 198 and 199:
Page 200 and 201:
Page 202 and 203:
Global Environmental Concepts Envir
Page 204 and 205:
Page 206 and 207:
Page 208 and 209:
Page 210 and 211:
Page 212 and 213:
Page 214 and 215:
Page 216 and 217:
Page 218 and 219:
Page 220 and 221:
International Environmental Agreeme
Page 222 and 223:
Page 224 and 225:
Page 226 and 227:
Page 228 and 229:
Page 230 and 231:
Page 232 and 233:
Page 234 and 235:
Page 236 and 237:
Bibliography Appendices Appendices
Page 238 and 239:
Bibliography Appendices Foreign Gov
Page 240 and 241:
Bibliography Appendices BP Statisti
Page 242 and 243:
Bibliography Appendices Tonga Monac
Page 244 and 245:
Bibliography Appendices United Stat
Page 246 and 247:
Bibliography Appendices United Stat
Page 248 and 249:
Bibliography Appendices USING COUNT
Page 250 and 251:
Bibliography Appendices 241 Namibia
Page 252:
CountryWatch CountryWatch is an inf
show all

Namibia - CountryWatch

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?