World Bank2025-04-102025-04-102025-04-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/43050The Women, Business and the Law Manual and Guide (WBL M&G) outlines the production and dissemination process for WBL reports and underlying data, serving as an official source of information for WBL Team members and stakeholders. It aims to consolidate and codify WBL rules and protocols comprehensively, building on established practices to inform data collection, validation, report preparation, and dissemination steps. Additionally, it describes processes to protect the WBL Team from undue influence, detailing resources available to report and address such instances. The document ensures transparency, quality, and integrity of WBL data and research, and is updated annually at the start of each data collection cycle to align with best practices and accurately describe the systems and procedures implemented by the WBL Team.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOWOMEN BUSINESS AND THE LAW (WBL)WBL RULESWBL PROTOCOLSDATA INTEGRITYDATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DMS)ReportWorld Bank10.1596/43050