Small nations top Africa in global economic freedom ranking
CONRAD ONYANGO, BIRD Small African countries are growing faster than their larger peers when it comes to being more economically free, a new report shows. Economic Freedom of the World: 2021, a report published by Free Market Foundation, a think tank, in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute, lists the continent’s small nations as being amongst the world’s top countries when it comes to according their citizenry higher levels of personal choices, greater access to markets and clearly defined and enforced property rights. Mauritius (11), Seychelles (43) and Botswana (45) are the top African countries in the report, offering the most…