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Reform case study: - Albania seizes the opportunity for effective legal reforms
- Download Doing Business 2010 profiles:
- Almost 200 country and regional reports available for download
- Multimedia:
- Watch video clips on Doing Business in different languages
- Doing Business in India:
- The latest Doing Business subnational report surveys 17 Indian cities
- Reform case study:
- How Colombia overcame a burdensome building permit process
- Who ranked 1st in Doing Business 2010?
- See where your country ranks among 183 surveyed!
- Doing Business 2009:
- Full report now available for download. Also available in Arabic, French and Spanish
- Reformers’ Club 2009:
- Representatives of top 10 reforming governments convened to celebrate their reforms
- Doing Business in Veneto:
- Compares the regulatory environment of Padua to Rome and 180 other economies
- Doing Business in Small Island Developing States:
- Report looks at 33 small island states
- Doing Business in Mexico:
- The third subnational report on Mexico covers 31 cities
- Paying Taxes 2009:
- The third publication based on the "paying taxes" indicator; covers 181 economies
- Doing Business in the Arab World:
- Report examines the business regulatory environment of 20 economies
- Doing Business in Mauritius:
- Vice prime minister discusses lessons and impact of reforms (PDF, 84KB)
- Virtual Launch in Second Life:
- The second annual virtual release of the Doing Business 2009 report
- Gender Law Library:
- Contains legislation impacting women's ability to do business across 181 economies
- Doing Business in Landlocked Economies:
- Provides analysis on 38 landlocked economies
- Doing Business Profiles:
- Profiles of 181 economies and 13 regions are available for download
- Doing Business 2009:
- For the fifth year in a row, Eastern Europe and Central Asia lead the world
- Top reformer:
- Azerbaijan led the world as the top reformer in 2007/08
- Presentation:
- World Bank official highlights the findings of Doing Business 2009 report (PPT, 1.9 MB)
- Countries added:
- Doing Business 2009 expands coverage to the Bahamas, Bahrain, and Qatar
- Regional data & report:
- First regional and subnational Doing Business report on S.E. Europe covers 22 cities
- Celebrating reformers:
- Sixteen Doing Business reform case studies available for download
- Doing Business in the Philippines:
- The report compares business regulations across 21 cities
- Doing Business reforms:
- G8 ministers urge doing business reforms in Africa, promote FIAS
- Doing Business:
- Iceland's ambassador to UN talks about "Doing Business in Small Island Developing States"
- Report on women entrepreneurs:
- How seven African women overcame obstacles to succeed in business
- Doing Business in Small Island Developing States:
- The report finds that Small Islands are performing well
- Research:
- Estimating the impact of delays on international trade (final version of paper)
- Doing Business in China:
- Data from 26 provincial capitals and 4 centrally administered municipalities
- Local partner recognized:
- Law firm in Sierra Leone recognized for its committment to Doing Business Project
- Doing Business workshop:
- Leveling the playing field for women
- Doing Business methodologies:
- Now available in Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Chinese
- New research:
- What makes an entrepreneur?
- New research:
- Controlling for income, "The Causes of Civil War" finds that institutions play major role
- Law library expanded:
- More than 460 new laws added; coverage now includes privacy laws
- Reform in Tonga:
- Electronic case management and mediation system improves court performance
- Djankov responds to Arrunada:
- A Response to "Is Doing Business Damaging Business?"
- New research:
- The Effect of Corporate Taxes on Investment and Entrepreneurship
- Reform in Egypt:
- Ministry of Investment reduces cost, improves quality of property registration system
- Free download:
- The entire "Doing Business 2008" report is now available for download!
- New research:
- "Measuring the Ease of Enterprise" looks at how to use the best indicators
- Women entrepreneurs:
- New initiative to identify legal and regulatory barriers facing businesswomen
- Reform in Italy:
- Learn why it is difficult to reform bankruptcy laws in Italy
- Reform in Ghana:
- Author discusses establishment of commercial court
- Reform in Portugal:
- Read about country's "one-stop shop" for creating companies
- Reform in Poland:
- Minister talks about taking on the Bailiff Monopoly
- Reform in Egypt:
- Minister outlines how country pushed through sweeping trade reforms
- Reform in Saudi Arabia:
- Saudi regulator discusses the elimination of start-up capital requirements
- Research using Doing Business:
- List of academic citations of the Doing Business background papers