Current Features
Doing Business Research listings: The "Research" section of this website includes brief summaries of more than 100 related academic papers, many of which use Doing Business data for their empirical analysis. This section has been updated with new papers and direct links to research.
Doing Business in Pakistan 2010: A new report finds that provincial and municipal level reforms of business regulation in Pakistan are complementing nationwide reforms. Consistent reformers outperform others, but no single city does well on all the indicators measured by the report. Each of the 13 cities benchmarked in the report can learn from each other’s best practices. View this report on business regulations across Pakistan.
Doing Business in Nigeria 2010: A new report finds that Nigerian States have been actively reforming to encourage business activity over the past two years. If Nigeria adopted nationwide all of its states' best practices identified in this report it would rank 72nd out of 183 countries globally -- 53 places ahead of Nigeria’s current position in the global Doing Business 2010 report. View this report on business regulations across Nigeria.
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 the East African Community 2010:
- Covers business regulations in five East African countries
- Paying Business Taxes 2010:
- A worldwide country comparison
- Doing Business in Colombia 2010:
- New report covering business regulations in 21 Colombian cities
- 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
Press Releases
- June 29, 2010. Doing Business in Pakistan 2010: Local level Doing Business reforms can enhance Pakistan’s small and midsize firms
- June 10, 2010. Doing Business in Nigeria 2010: Progress in regulatory reform expands business opportunities throughout Nigeria
- May 24, 2010, Doing Business in the East African Community 2010: East African economies are reforming but still have further to go, finds IFC-World Bank
- February 16, 2010. Doing Business in Colombia 2010: Remarkable progress in regulatory reform across Colombia (also available in Spanish)
The following Doing Business 2010 press releases were issued on Sept. 9, 2009.
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