Business Regulations and Poverty
Using panel data for 189 economies from 2005 to 2013, this paper shows that business-friendly regulations are correlated with the poverty headcount at the country level. This association is significant using the World Bank's Doing Business ind...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/355791551471887623/Business-Regulations-and-Poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31340 |
Summary: | Using panel data for 189 economies from
2005 to 2013, this paper shows that business-friendly
regulations are correlated with the poverty headcount at the
country level. This association is significant using the
World Bank's Doing Business indicators on getting
credit and contract enforcement. The findings suggest that
the conduit for poverty reduction is business creation, as a
source of new jobs and a manifestation of thriving entrepreneurship. |
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