Thematic Reports
Doing Business thematic reports provide a detailed look at a topic, such as paying taxes.
The latest thematic reports are listed below.
Does Doing Business matter for foreign direct investment?
Given the interest of governments in attracting more foreign direct investment (FDI), this raises an important question: does Doing Business actually matter for FDI? If so, does it reflect the quality of the investment climate? This case study examines these questions, providing empirical evidence about the relation between the Doing Business indicators, FDI inflows, and the overall business regulatory environment.
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How Transparent is Business Regulation Around the World?
Access to information can empower citizens to monitor the quality of government services and the use of public resources. This case study presents new data that captures the efforts at transparency made by government agencies tasked with implementing business regulation. The case study also examines how much transparency and access to information can affect the quality of government services relevant for businesses.
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Paying Taxes 2013
This report, the seventh in a series from the World Bank Group and PwC, measures tax systems for a domestic company complying with tax laws and regulations in each economy. The case-study company is a small to medium-size manufacturer and retailer, chosen to ensure that its business can be identified with and compared worldwide.
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Making Security Interests Public
The importance of a strong secured transactions law and effective registration system for movable collateral has been a focal point of legal reform for international organizations over the past two decades. This report focuses on analysis of such institutions, highlighting the importance of a publicly accessible registry where information on interests in movable assets can be registered. This publication does so by using the results of a 2010 World Bank Group survey on collateral registries.
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Leveraging Technology to Support Business Registration Reform
Company registrars are deploying information and communications technology (ICT) applications to reduce the time and effort required for new businesses to register, improve regulatory oversight by government, and facilitate access to company information. A recent survey conducted by the Doing Business and investment climate teams of the World Bank Group examines the experience of 34 company registrars in implementing new or upgraded technology solutions.
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Getting Electricity
Getting Electricity presents findings on the kinds of constraints entrepreneurs around the world face in getting access to electricity and illustrates patterns in connection processes. In the 10 economies with the fewest procedures, the process of obtaining an electricity connection takes only 56 days on average. In the 10 economies with the most procedures, it takes 215 days.
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