Briefing Paper

Business Environment and Competitiveness across Nigerian States (BECANS)

This third report in the series of state-level business environment assessments intensifies the existing
imperative across each Nigerian state for continuing reforms of business environments. The up-to-date evidence and rankings across a wide range of measures and indicators will guide private sector advocacy for business environment reforms, inform self assessments, peer matching among states, and stimulate state government actions to improve competitiveness of businesses within their respective jurisdictions.