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Vol. 39 Nº 68 (Enero - Junio 2021): 385-396
The medium value of the index describing the market infrastructure 
and the effectiveness of state programs for business development in the 
countries under review was 5.77 in 2018. Values of this indicator above the 
upper limit of the range (6.81) were observed in such countries as Turkey, 
Russia, Qatar, Indonesia, Iran, Colombia, Poland, Japan, South Korea, and 
Sudan. Six countries are located in Asia (Indonesia, Qatar, Turkey, Iran, 
Japan, and South Korea), two in Europe (Poland, Russia), one in Latin 
America (Colombia) and Africa (Sudan). There are countries characterized 
by high (Qatar, Japan, South Korea, Poland), medium (Turkey, values of 
the indicator less than the lower limit of the interval (from 4.73 to 4.14). 
Low indicators occurred in such countries as Uruguay, Luxembourg, India, 
Panama, Croatia, Canada, Israel, and Peru. They are located in Europe 
(Croatia, Luxembourg), Asia (India, Israel), North and Latin America 
(Canada, Uruguay, Peru, Canada, Uruguay, and Panama). These countries 
had high (Croatia, Luxembourg, Canada, Panama, Israel) and medium 
(Uruguay, Peru,) and low (India) incomes.
The medium value for the countries under review for institutions that 
provide easy access to existing markets was 4.71. The highest values of the 
indicator (from 5.60 to 6.67) took place in 2018 in such countries as Israel, 
Greece, Luxembourg, Indonesia, Iran, the Netherlands, Qatar, Austria, 
Taiwan. These countries are located in Asia (Taiwan, Israel, Indonesia, Iran, 
Qatar) and Europe (Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria). They 
had high (Taiwan, Israel, Qatar, the Netherlands, Greece, Luxembourg, 
the Netherlands, Austria) and average (Iran) incomes. Values lower than 
the lower limits of the range (from 3.73 to 3.30) were observed in seven 
countries: Mozambique, Morocco, Cyprus, Madagascar, Russia, Sudan and 
Panama. They are located in Latin America (Panama), Africa (Mozambique, 
Morocco, Madagascar, and Sudan) and Europe (Russia, Cyprus). They had 
high (Panama, Cyprus), medium (Russia) and low (Mozambique, Morocco, 
Madagascar, Sudan) incomes.
The average value of the social and cultural infrastructure indicator for 
54 countries was 5.30. Values above the upper limit of the interval (from 6, 
69 to 8.08) was noted in countries such as Colombia, UAE, Netherlands, 
Iran, Qatar, Lebanon, China, USA. These countries are located in Asia 
(UAE, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar, and China), North and Latin America (USA, 
Colombia) and Europe (Netherlands). They had high (USA, Netherlands, 
Qatar, UAE), average (Iran, Lebanon, Colombia, China) incomes of the 
population. Values lower than the lower limit of the interval (from 4.21 
to 3.05) were found in Mozambique, Slovakia, Cyprus, Brazil, Bulgaria, 
Uruguay, Italy, Japan, Slovenia and Madagascar. These countries are located 
in Europe (Bulgaria, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Cyprus), Asia (Japan), 
Latin America (Brazil, Uruguay) and Africa (Mozambique, Madagascar). 
They had high (Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Japan), medium (Brazil, 
Uruguay, Bulgaria) and low (Mozambique, Madagascar) incomes.