Protecting investors, director liability index - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Director liability index measures a plaintiff’s ability to hold directors of firms liabile for damages to the company, that is, measures the strength of minority shareholder protections against directors’ misuse of corporate assets for personal gain. The indicators distinguish 3 dimensions of investor protection: transparency of transactions (extent of disclosure index), liability for self-dealing (extent of director liability index) and shareholders’ ability to sue officers and directors for misconduct (ease of shareholder suits index). The data come from a survey of corporate lawyers and are based on company laws, court rules of evidence and securities regulations. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/. Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Protecting investors, director liability index - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2009)

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Country

Value

1South Africa8
2Botswana8
3Seychelles8
4Mauritius8
5Nigeria7
6Malawi7
7Angola6
8Madagascar6
9Zambia6
10Algeria6
11Sierra Leone6
12Sudan6
13Uganda5
14Cape Verde5
15Tunisia5
16Eritrea5
17Ghana5
18Rwanda5
19Namibia5
20Tanzania4
21Ethiopia4
22North Africa4
23Mozambique4
24Africa3.27
25Sub-Saharan Africa3.21
26Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa3.11
27Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria3.02
28Democratic Republic of the Congo3
29Egypt3
30Mauritania3
31Kenya2
32Djibouti2
33Morocco2
34Burundi1
35Lesotho1
36Liberia1
37Equatorial Guinea1
38Niger1
39Guinea-Bissau1
40Gambia1
41Guinea1
42Senegal1
43Gabon1
44Ivory Coast1
45Sao Tome and Principe1
46Swaziland1
47Comoros1
48Chad1
49Togo1
50Mali1
51Republic of the Congo1
52Cameroon1
53Central African Republic1
54Burkina Faso1
55Benin1
56Zimbabwe1
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