The Doing Business ranking and the GDP. A qualitative study
使用fsQCA方法分析非洲国家2008年和2017年的营商环境指数与GDP关系，发现影响营商能力的因素随时间变化，且信贷并非唯一决定因素，与当局打交道的困难也很重要。
The topics of economic development and the importance of the business environment are repeatedly being studied by academia. Funding issues focus the debate, in particular on SME financing and the importance of the financial sector (especially the banking sector). Some institutions have developed specific indicators that seek to synthesize the greater or lesser ease of doing business and/or the resulting competitiveness. This research specifically focuses on one of them, namely, the ease of Doing Business index. The survey compares the bulk of African countries over two years, 2008 and 2017. This research uses fsQCA methodology to conclude that the factors affecting the capacity for doing business change over time. In 2008, only one set of Doing Business indicators was related to high wealth, but by 2017 there were four. We also conclude that credit is not only the determining factor for the ease of doing business and paperwork, as difficulties in dealing with the authorities are also highly significant.