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Doing Business 2010 highlights

Download report: Doing Business 2010: Reforming Through Difficult Times is now available for download. The 215-page report includes highlights from the latest dataset, chapters on each of the 10 topics covered by Doing Business, information on "getting electricity" (a pilot project), country tables, and a full listing of local partners. (PDF, 1.7MB)
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Report compares business regulations in different cities of Indonesia

Doing Business in Indonesia 2010: The report compares business regulations across 14 Indonesian cities, focusing on local and national regulations that affect 3 stages in the life of a small to midsize domestic firm: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, and registering property. Indonesia’s first subnational report goes beyond Jakarta to compare cities within Indonesia and identify opportunities for collaboration between national and local governments to cut red tape and reduce the cost of doing business. Download this report on business regulations across Indonesian cities.


Report compares tax burden for businesses around the world.

Paying Business Taxes 2010 – A Worldwide Country Comparison: What countries have implemented e-filing for business taxes? Which have reformed their tax laws to adjust to the global financial crisis? What is the tax burden for small businesses around the world? This report uses small to medium-size business case studies to analyze how easy or difficult it is to pay corporate business taxes. Download this report on worldwide corporate tax reform, regulations and procedures.


Doing Business in the Arab World

Doing Business in the Arab World: Arab economies have picked up the pace of business regulatory reform, according to Doing Business in the Arab World 2010. The report looks at the business regulatory environment of 20 Arab economies within the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. A total of 38 reforms were identified that made it easier to do business; two reforms made it more difficult.  Read more...
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Getting Electricity:
Pilot indicator on the process a private business goes through to obtain electricity connection
Understanding Doing Business:
Download several presentations from a training session
Reform case study:
Madagascar reaps the benefits of trade reform
Reform case study:
Cross-border trading reforms in post-war Serbia
Doing Business in Russia:
New subnational report explores business regulations in 10 Russian cities
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Press Releases

The following Doing Business 2010 press releases were issued on Sept. 9, 2009.

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What's New?

Doing Business 2010 report: Full report is now available in English and Arabic (PDF, 1.8MB)

Getting electricity: Information on the time, procedures and cost required for a business to obtain an electricity connection in 140 countries

Employing workers: Employing Workers indicator methodology changes

New economies: Doing Business coverage extended to Cyprus and Kosovo

Special Features

Doing Business SimulatorSimulate Reforms: How would a country's ranking change if it reformed? See the impact by changing indicator values (Excel, 294KB).

Doing Business on FacebookDoing Business on Facebook: Connect with other users of Doing Business products!

Doing Business NewsDB News: Doing Business's quarterly update provides a platform for exchanging information and ideas among DB's ever-growing community of contributors.

Business PlanetBusiness Planet: Take a trip around the world to discover how easy (or difficult) it is to do business in 183 economies.

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