TAG: Economy
Against the backdrop of broader fiscal reform being carried out in the country, the results of the inaugural Oxford Business Group Business Barometer: Argentina CEO Survey highlight several facets of the local business environment that C-suite executives see as in need of improvement. For example, 96% of respondents consider the country’s current tax environment to be uncompetitive or very uncompetitive on a global scale, while 59% describe the ease of accessing credit as difficult or very difficult.
Papua New Guinea’s chairmanship of APEC in 2018 comes at a time when the Pacific Island nation is still grappling with a foreign exchange shortage and high public debt, as well as persistent problems with law and order.
Papua New Guinea’s chairmanship of APEC in 2018 comes at a time when the nation is still grappling with a foreign exchange shortage and high public debt, as well as persistent problems with law and order. Despite these issues, C-suite executives appear optimistic for 2018, as shown by the more than 100 participants in Oxford Business Group’s second Business Barometer: PNG CEO Survey. The vast majority (77%) think that the APEC 2018 summit will have a positive or very positive effect on the economy.