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Doha
Qatar topped the global entrepreneurship environment, according to Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report.
The GEM, which compiles independent reports, identifies the realities of entrepreneurship in 54 countries around the world in line with global best practices, and sets the results for governments and decision-makers to develop the entrepreneurial environment in each country.
Qatar Development Bank, a GEM member, said the report showed that the local environment index for business entrepreneurship in Qatar registered about 6.7 points out of 10 points. Qatar is ranked first among all countries participating in the 2018 report, followed by Indonesia and the Netherlands with about 6.6 and 6.5 points respectively.
The report showed an overall improvement in all sub-indices of entrepreneurship among the population compared to 2017 and 2018. It reflected the cohesion of positive attitudes of the community towards entrepreneurship as 68.2 percent of the population believe that entrepreneurship is a good professional option, and about 76.7 percent of the population sees high standing for entrepreneurs in the country.
In 2018, about 54.2 percent of the population saw good opportunities for launching projects in the coming months, compared to 45.6 percent in 2017. About 52.3 percent of respondents said they had entrepreneurial capacity, compared to 41.1 percent in 2017.
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Doha
Qatar topped the global entrepreneurship environment, according to Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report.
The GEM, which compiles independent reports, identifies the realities of entrepreneurship in 54 countries around the world in line with global best practices, and sets the results for governments and decision-makers to develop the entrepreneurial environment in each country.
Qatar Development Bank, a GEM member, said the report showed that the local environment index for business entrepreneurship in Qatar registered about 6.7 points out of 10 points. Qatar is ranked first among all countries participating in the 2018 report, followed by Indonesia and the Netherlands with about 6.6 and 6.5 points respectively.
The report showed an overall improvement in all sub-indices of entrepreneurship among the population compared to 2017 and 2018. It reflected the cohesion of positive attitudes of the community towards entrepreneurship as 68.2 percent of the population believe that entrepreneurship is a good professional option, and about 76.7 percent of the population sees high standing for entrepreneurs in the country.
In 2018, about 54.2 percent of the population saw good opportunities for launching projects in the coming months, compared to 45.6 percent in 2017. About 52.3 percent of respondents said they had entrepreneurial capacity, compared to 41.1 percent in 2017.
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