Current Features
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.
Doing Business in the East African Community 2010: Countries in East Africa generally show poorly in Doing Business’s annual reports, but there are pockets of good practice that, if adopted by all countries in the region, would yield a very healthy business environment, according to Doing Business in the East African Community 2010. The new 62-page report takes a close look at business regulations in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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
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)
- 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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