Fili’s world

Forbes recently released their analysis of the world’s top countries for business 2008. I think the analysis is fascinating and worth looking into, if you’re into this sort of thing. Following are the rankings and main stats for the top Asian countries for business with their Forbes main stats. Click on the images to go to Forbes stats for more information.

(Yeah, I added Israel in there. Some say it’s in Asia)

Following up on the previous discussion in “The Taiwanese economy is not doing well : Really?” is seems Taiwan is doing quite well, even going up the world rankings in recent years:

Taiwan has a dynamic capitalist economy with gradually decreasing guidance of investment and foreign trade by the authorities. In keeping with this trend, some large, state-owned banks and industrial firms are being privatized. Exports have provided the primary impetus for industrialization. The island runs a large trade surplus, and its foreign reserves are among the world’s largest. Despite restrictions on cross-strait links, China has overtaken the US to become Taiwan’s largest export market and its second-largest source of imports after Japan. China is also the island’s number one destination for foreign direct investment. Strong trade performance in 2007 pushed Taiwan’s GDP growth rate above 5%, and unemployment is below 4%.

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BTW - I’m not sure but I think Forbes has a slight glitch in their system with some of the stats (notice the repeating “personal freedom” at rank 33).