Protecting investors, shareholder suits index - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Doing Business 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, shareholder suits index - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2009)

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Country

Value

1Kenya10
2Mozambique9
3Mauritius9
4Sierra Leone8
5Lesotho8
6South Africa8
7Tanzania8
8Zambia7
9Angola6
10Namibia6
11Ghana6
12Liberia6
13Madagascar6
14Cameroon6
15Sao Tome and Principe6
16Cape Verde6
17Tunisia6
18Burundi5
19Seychelles5
20Swaziland5
21Guinea-Bissau5
22Ethiopia5
23Eritrea5
24Malawi5
25Nigeria5
26Comoros5
27Gambia5
28Chad5
29Uganda5
30Central African Republic5
31Egypt5
32Sub-Saharan Africa4.94
33Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa4.87
34Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria4.87
35Africa4.86
36Sudan4
37Algeria4
38Burkina Faso4
39Togo4
40Equatorial Guinea4
41North Africa4
42Democratic Republic of the Congo4
43Zimbabwe4
44Niger3
45Ivory Coast3
46Republic of the Congo3
47Botswana3
48Benin3
49Mali3
50Mauritania3
51Gabon3
52Senegal2
53Rwanda1
54Morocco1
55Guinea1
56Djibouti0
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