Current Features
- Getting Electricity: The Doing Business Project has developed a pilot set of indicators on the process a private business must go through to obtain an electricity connection for a newly constructed building. A new report contains data for 140 countries. It describes patterns in connection processes and highlights economies where this process is already efficient and others where it could be made simpler and more efficient. Read more...
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Highlights from Doing Business 2010: The number of reforms hit a record level this year. Between June 2008 and May 2009, 287 reforms were recorded in 131 economies. Low- and lower-middle-income economies set the fast pace. Read more...
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What's being said about Doing Business 2010
Doing Business in Kenya: The first subnational report on Kenya compares business regulation across 11 Kenyan localities in four areas: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property and enforcing contracts. The report suggests that the localities can learn from each other and adopt good practices within the country. If a hypothetical city, "Kenyana", were to adopt the best practices, it would rank 78th among the 183 economies measured in the global Doing Business report, 17 places better than Kenya’s current global rank. Read more...
- Reform case study:
- Madagascar reaps the benefits of trade reform
- Reform case study:
- Cross-border trading reforms in post-war Serbia
- Reform case study:
- Trinidad and Tobago brought credit reform to the Caribbean
- Doing Business in Russia:
- New subnational report explores business regulations in 10 Russian cities
- Reform case study:
- China improves access to credit for small and medium enterprises
- Doing Business 2010's top DB reformer:
- Rwanda leads the world in Doing Business reforms
Press Releases
- 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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