Current Features
- Launch of 16 new Doing Business Case Studies: Successful reforms may hinge more on timing -- or seizing opportunities --- than carefully crafted plans, according to Celebrating Reform 2008, a new book that explores reforms in sixteen countries spanning the globe. Researchers found that reforms usually happen when new governments take office, and that they often follow crises. They also found that reformers don't have time for concepts like "getting the right sequencing" and "finding the binding constraint," and that reformers are helped by active media and information campaigns. The book follows the annual Reformers' Club meeting of 10 top reformers, held in New York on June 4, 2008.
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- Doing Business in the Philippines: The most recent Doing Business "subnational" report compares business regulations across 21 Philippine cities in three key areas: starting a business, dealing with licenses, and registering property. These indicators cover areas of local jurisdiction or practice. The report shows that differences in regulations and practices -- or in the implementation of national-level regulations -- can enhance or constrain local business activity. Learn more / download data
- Doing Business reforms:
- G8 ministers urge doing business reforms in Africa, promote FIAS
- Doing Business in Nigeria:
- Subnational report examines 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory
- Doing Business:
- Iceland's ambassador to UN talks about "Doing Business in Small Island Developing States"
- Report on women entrepreneurs:
- How seven African women overcame obstacles to succeed in business
- Doing Business in Small Island Developing States:
- The report finds that Small Islands are performing well
- Research:
- Estimating the impact of delays on international trade (final version of paper)
- Doing Business in China:
- Data from 26 provincial capitals and 4 centrally administered municipalities
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