Current Features
Doing Business in Colombia 2010: A new report finds that doing business is easiest in Manizales, Ibagué and Pereira among 21 Colombian cities surveyed. It also finds widespread reforms across Colombia over the past two years -- each of the 13 cities previously benchmarked showed improvements in at least one of the areas measured. The report notes that a hypothetical Colombian city that adopted all the best practices identified in this report would rank 17th of 183 countries globally, 20 places ahead of Colombia’s position in the global Doing Business 2010 report. Download this report on business regulations across Colombian cities.
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)
Report overviews: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish
In the news: What's being said about Doing Business 2010
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.
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:
- Report on the business regulatory environment of 20 Arab economies
- 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
Press Releases
- February 16, 2010. Doing Business in Colombia 2010: Remarkable progress in regulatory reform across Colombia (also available in Spanish)
- December 15, 2009. Doing Business in Indonesia 2010: Wider use of local good practices can promote more business-friendly regulation across Indonesia (also available in Bahasan)
- November 20, 2009. Paying Taxes 2010 - The Global Picture: Tax reform remains on the agenda of governments despite economic downturn (also available in Spanish)
- November 09, 2009. Doing Business in the Arab World 2010: Reforms accelerate in Arab economies
- October 15, 2009. Employing Workers Indicators: Consultative group discusses possible revisions, new Worker Protection Indicator, at inaugural meeting in Washington
- October 14, 2009. Doing Business in Russia 2009: New report finds adopting good practices can enhance business environment across Russia
- September 30, 2009. Doing Business in Kenya 2010: Adopting local good practices can enhance business activity across Kenya
The following Doing Business 2010 press releases were issued on Sept. 9, 2009.
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