Ease of Doing Business: The Bahamas
Date issued
Jan 2017
Subject
Business Climate;
Competitiveness;
Business Competitiveness;
Governance
JEL code
I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being;
I38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Country
Bahamas
Category
Policy Briefs
From productivity performance indicators derived from the World Bank, The Bahamas is underperforming relative to our Caribbean economies and even other small economies within Latin America and the Caribbean. This policy brief outlines and explains these deficiencies using the enterprise surveys of the World Bank and the Compete Caribbean PROTEqIN database and describes the four major "bottlenecks" to private sector output growth and productivity, while suggesting what policy measures will be required to improve productivity and cost competitiveness, and spur economic growth within the archipelago.