Singapore's friendly economy tops global ranks: World Bank
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Singapore is the easiest country in the world to do business in, while China is rapidly simplifying business procedures to keep it ahead of India in the global rankings, the World Bank said.
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Asian consumers are the most optimistic in the world about their economies, led by booming China and India where over three-quarters of respondents were upbeat on the
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South Africa has moved up a spot on the World Economic Forumâs Global Competitiveness Index; SA is now 41 out of 104 countries ranked on the basis of competitiveness.
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Continued robust expansion in developing countries will help offset a slowdown in the United States this year amid concerns of a possible recession in the world's largest economy, the World Bank said Wednesday.
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The world economy is sound, although financial markets may remain ragged for some time, and China must let its currency rise faster to rebalance global growth, finance officials from rich nations said on Friday.
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The Washington-based World Bank says 2004 has been a very good year for developing countries, with their economies growing at their fastest pace in 30 years.
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SINGAPORE: Singapore&#39;s economy slowed in the third quarter but still recorded growth of 7.7 percent year-on-year. After posting its fastest quarterly expansion in 10 years in the three months to June, a slowdown
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Singapore is allowing 22 blacklisted  anti-globalization activists to enter the country, following  withering criticism of the ban from World Bank President Paul  Wolfowitz.
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The IMF, World Bank and G7 finance ministers will say that the world economy has a vibrant heartbeat when they meet next week in Singapore, but tremors are present in the form of slowing US growth and high oil prices.
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Korea will have a lot to gain from closer ties with Singapore&#39;s advanced service and financial sectors, while Singapore can capitalize on Korea&#39;s efficient logistics system following the inking of the bilateral free-trade agreement, a Singaporean business
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--It isn&#39;t appropriate to compare the Philippines with Argentina as there are differences between the two economies - and the Southeast Asian country is in a much healthier position, a senior Asian Development Bank official said
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International Monetary Fund head Rodrigo Rato has said the world economy is in its best shape in five years, the BBC reported Sunday.
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THE global economy is slowly recovering, and with it hopes for a sustained period of economic growth in all regions. South Africa&#39;s economic future is tied to that of the rest of the world and for this reason
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China will continue to drive East Asia&#39;s growth next year, but the world&#39;s fastest-growing region may have reached its peak in expansion, according to the World Bank.
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A QUARTER of a billion people in some of the worldâs poorest and most populous countries in East Asia have been lifted out of extreme poverty by rapid economic growth over
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Taiwan's economy expanded at its fastest pace in four years during the second quarter as the global economy recovered, boosting foreign trade and increasing manufacturing output, the government said Friday.
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Singapore&#39;s key non-oil domestic exports rose by a surprisingly strong 16.9 percent in September from a year earlier, allaying fears of a slowdown that may hurt economic growth.