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What’s the best place in the world to start a business?

Ben Christopher

23rd November 2010

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This article in the Wall Street Journal provides a “fascinating snapshot of entrepreneurship around the globe” and will be a great resource when studying the supply-side of an economy and looking at ways a government can improve the environment businesses operate in.

The report, compiled by the Small Business Administration, compares all sorts of data from red tape costs (in Surinam it takes on average 694 days to clear government red tape and get a company off the ground) to what countries have the biggest percentage of female entrepreneurs (Peru with 26.1% of women who own a small early-stage business).

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Ben Christopher

Now teaching in Dubai.

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