Botswana, South Africa, Mauritius, Namibia and Tunisia emerge as Africa's top five countries in the latest 'policy stance index' published by the Addis Ababa-based Economic Commission for Africa. The index evaluates each country's macro-economic and poverty reduction policies and its performance in institution-building, including assessments of the legal structure, transaction costs, central bank independence, public enterprises and the civil service.
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