Doing Business Regional, National, and Subnational Reports
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Doing Business in Malaysia 2020
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020-04)Doing Business in Malaysia 2020 focuses on business regulation and its enforcement across three Doing Business areas. The study goes beyond Kuala Lumpur to benchmark five other cities in the areas of dealing with construction permits and registering property. It also measures the process of trading across borders through four Malaysian ports. This study contains data current as of November 1, 2019, and includes comparisons with other economies based on data from Doing Business 2020. Doing Business measures aspects of regulation that enable or hinder entrepreneurs in starting, operating or expanding a business - and provides recommendations and good practices for improving the business environment. -
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Doing Business in the European Union 2020: Greece, Ireland and Italy
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2019-12-31)Doing Business was the first global indicator created to measure aspects of regulation that enable or hinder the owners of small and medium-size businesses in starting, operating or expanding their companies. In its annual publication, each economy is represented by its largest business city and compared globally with another one hundred and eighty-nine economies. Doing Business in the European Union 2020 Greece, Ireland and Italy goes beyond Athens, Dublin and Rome to benchmark twenty-one additional cities, capturing regional differences in regulations and their enforcement. By providing a factual baseline, along with local good practice examples, the study will allow policymakers to target implementation gaps and promote peer learning. Coordinating across different levels of government and institutions is essential to reduce the regulatory burden on companies and to increase the pace of convergence toward best practices. Details about the main findings for each country can be found at the beginning of the respective country chapters. Each country chapter also includes data analysis and reform recommendations, based on national and European good practices, in all five areas benchmarked. -
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Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2019-10-21)Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 presents indicators that measure the laws, regulations and bureaucratic processes that affect farmers in 101 countries. The study covers eight thematic areas: supplying seed, registering fertilizer, securing water, registering machinery, sustaining livestock, protecting plant health, trading food and accessing finance. The report highlights global best performers and countries that made the most significant regulatory improvements in support of farmers. -
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Doing Business in Kazakhstan 2017
(Washington, DC, 2017)Doing Business in Kazakhstan 2017 is the first report of the subnational Doing Business series in Kazakhstan. It measures business regulations and their enforcement in four Doing Business areas. The objective of the study is to gain a broader understanding of the business regulatory environment across Kazakhstan as well as to provide good-practice examples and reform recommendations to help guide policy at the national and subnational levels. The study focuses on indicator sets that measure the complexity and cost of regulatory processes affecting four stages in the life of a small to medium-size domestic firm—starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity and registering property. These four indicator sets were selected because they relate to areas of business regulation where implementation of the common legal and regulatory framework differs across locations. While highly centralized line ministries hold the direct formal authority for the delivery of most services across the territory, regions as well as Almaty city and Astana wield local power and authority, especially in the areas of getting electricity and dealing with construction permits. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why. -
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Doing Business in Nigeria 2014: Understanding Business Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
(Washington, DC, 2014-09)Nigeria accounts for nearly one-fourth of Sub-Saharan Africa s population and is the seventh most populous country in the world. As of April 2014 it is recognized as the continent s largest economy. Ranking 13th in the world for its oil production, Nigeria is Africa s largest producer and holds the second highest proven oil reserves on the continent, after Libya.3 Since embarking on the path of democracy in 1999, the country has enjoyed consistent and high economic growth rates, in the range of 6-8 percent annually in recent years. With its large reserves of human capital and natural resources, a large domestic market, and strong economic fundamentals, Nigeria is well positioned to join the group of large emerging markets and be the continent s powerhouse. Nigeria has already been identified as one of the promising MINT economies (an acronym for Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey), following the BRICs on the path to develop rapidly. Creating jobs to improve the well-being of all Nigerians, regardless of their personal circumstances and location, is a key component of the country s development agenda set out in Vision 20:2020. Good governance and effective institutions at the federal and state levels are critical to strengthening a business climate that encourages inclusive growth. Nigeria s 36 states and Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) operates with a high degree of autonomy. Without commensurate reforms by state governments, the macroeconomic and institutional reforms of the federal government cannot produce the desired impact to create employment and reduce poverty. -
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Doing Business 2014 Economy Profile : Argentina
(World Bank Group, Washington, DC, 2013-10-29)This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Argentina. In a series of annual reports, Doing Business assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 189 economies and ranks the economies in 10 areas of business regulation, such as starting a business, resolving insolvency and trading across borders. This year's report data cover regulations measured from June 2012 through May 2013. The report is the 11th edition of the Doing Business series. -
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Doing Business 2014 Economy Profile : Antigua and Barbuda
(World Bank Group, Washington, DC, 2013-10-29)This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Antigua and Barbuda. In a series of annual reports, Doing Business assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 189 economies and ranks the economies in 10 areas of business regulation, such as starting a business, resolving insolvency and trading across borders. This year's report data cover regulations measured from June 2012 through May 2013. The report is the 11th edition of the Doing Business series. -
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Doing Business 2014 Economy Profile : Armenia
(World Bank Group, Washington, DC, 2013-10-29)This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Armenia. In a series of annual reports, Doing Business assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 189 economies and ranks the economies in 10 areas of business regulation, such as starting a business, resolving insolvency and trading across borders. This year's report data cover regulations measured from June 2012 through May 2013. The report is the 11th edition of the Doing Business series. -
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Doing Business 2014 Economy Profile : Cambodia
(World Bank Group, Washington, DC, 2013-10-29)This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Cambodia. In a series of annual reports, Doing Business assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 189 economies and ranks the economies in 10 areas of business regulation, such as starting a business, resolving insolvency and trading across borders. This year's report data cover regulations measured from June 2012 through May 2013. The report is the 11th edition of the Doing Business series. -
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Doing Business 2014 Economy Profile : Brazil
(World Bank Group, Washington, DC, 2013-10-29)This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Brazil. In a series of annual reports, Doing Business assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 189 economies and ranks the economies in 10 areas of business regulation, such as starting a business, resolving insolvency and trading across borders. This year's report data cover regulations measured from June 2012 through May 2013. The report is the 11th edition of the Doing Business series.