Footprint of the government, according to PIDE estimates, is over 70% of the economy. There are no markets in the country because of excessive regulation and old colonial laws, yet the government keeps making more and more regulations for documentation and market controls. This is hindering investment and growth, and practically killing the economy. On the contrary, there is also a thought that a lack of government control can lead to private monopolies, and exploitation of people at the hand of the few.