Doing Business, An Independent Evaluation : Taking the Measure of the World Bank-IFC Doing Business Indicators

Doing Business (DB), the annual World Bank- International Finance Corporation (IFC) benchmarking exercise launched in 2004, is one of the Bank Group's flagship knowledge products. It aims to measure the costs to firms of business regulations in 178 countries and ranks the countries along 10 dimensions. It also aims to advance the World Bank Group's private sector development agenda by motivating and informing the design of regulatory reforms, enriching international initiatives on development effectiveness, and informing theory. By ranking countries and spotlighting both leaders and laggards, DB has attracted the interest of senior policy makers and is claimed to have inspired reforms on business climate issues. DB's lively communications style has helped give the DB indicators an international profile. The report has five sections: the first chapter reviews the intellectual underpinnings of the DB indicators. The second chapter reports on how DB collects and assembles data. The chapters third and fourth discuss the relevance of the dimensions measured by the exercise and their use inside and outside the Bank. And finally, chapter fifth presents findings and recommendations.

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Main Author:	Independent Evaluation Group
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2008
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CAPITAL, ACCESS TO CREDIT, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCOUNTING, ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, BANK ACTIVITIES, BANK CREDIT, BANK LENDING, BANKING SECTOR, BANKRUPTCY, BANKS, BARRIERS TO COMPETITION, BENEFICIARIES, BEST PRACTICE, BEST PRACTICES, BUDGET DEFICITS, BUSINESS ACTIVITY, BUSINESS CLIMATE, BUSINESS DEPARTMENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS INDICATOR, BUSINESS INDICATORS, BUSINESS LEADERS, BUSINESS MANAGERS, BUSINESS REGISTRATION, BUSINESS REGULATION, BUSINESS REGULATIONS, BUSINESS SCHOOL, BUSINESSES, CALCULATION, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, CAPITAL INFLOWS, CHECKS, CHILD LABOR, CIVIL LAW, CLIENT COUNTRIES, COLLATERAL, COLLATERAL FOR LOANS, COMMON LAW, COMMUNICATION STRATEGY, COMPETITION POLICIES, COMPLIANCE COST, CONSUMERS, CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT, CONTRIBUTIONS, COPYRIGHT, COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE, COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER, CORPORATE TAX RATES, COST OF CREDIT, CREDIBILITY, CREDIT BUREAUS, CREDIT HISTORIES, CREDIT INFORMATION, CREDIT PROVIDERS, CREDITOR, CREDITOR RIGHTS, CREDITORS, CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY, CUSTOMS, DEBT, DEBT CONTRACTS, DEBT RELIEF, DEBTORS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIRECT INVESTMENT, E-MAIL, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ELECTRICITY, EMERGING MARKETS, ENABLING ENVIRONMENT, ENFORCEABILITY, ENTERPRISE SURVEYS, ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES, ENTRY BARRIERS, EXCHANGE RATES, EXPROPRIATION, FINANCE CORPORATION, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FIRM PERFORMANCE, FISCAL POLICY, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTORS, FRAUD, GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS, GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE, GLOBAL LEADER, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT REGULATION, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROUP INVESTMENT, HARMONIZATION, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RESOURCES, INCOME, INCOME LEVELS, INCOMES, INDIVIDUAL FIRM, INFLATION, INFORMAL ECONOMY, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE, INTEREST RATES, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT, INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS, INVESTMENT CLIMATES, INVESTMENT DECISIONS, KNOWLEDGE PRODUCT, KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR STANDARDS, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, LEGAL RIGHTS, LEGAL TRANSACTIONS, LENDER, LENDERS, LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, LIABILITY, LICENSES, LIMITED LIABILITY, LINES OF CREDIT, LOAN, LOW-INCOME, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MARKET FAILURES, MARKETING, MATERIAL, MICRO-ENTERPRISES, MICROENTERPRISES, MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES, MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS, NATURAL DISASTERS, NEW BUSINESS OWNERS, NOTARIES, PENSION, PENSION REFORM, PENSION SYSTEMS, PHOTO, PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL STABILITY, PRESS COVERAGE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE BANK, PRIVATE CREDIT, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROTECTION OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS, PROTOCOLS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC GOOD, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC REGISTRY, QUERIES, QUESTIONNAIRE, QUESTIONNAIRES, REGULATORY BARRIERS, REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, REGULATORY REGIME, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, RELIABILITY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, REPAYMENT, REPAYMENT CAPACITY, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS, RESULTS, SALARY, SEARCH, SENIOR, SHAREHOLDER, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL FUNDS, SOCIAL INSURANCE, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOLAR PANELS, STAKEHOLDERS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TAX, TAX RATE, TAX RATES, TAX SYSTEM, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL SKILLS, TELEPHONE, TRADING, TRANSITION ECONOMY, TRANSPARENCY, TURNOVER, UNEMPLOYMENT, USERS, USES, VALUABLE, WAGE, WAGES, WAREHOUSE, WEB, WEB SITE, WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9780835/doing-business-independent-evaluation-taking-measure-world-bank-ifc-doing-business-indicators https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6467
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