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

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 i...

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Main Author:	Independent Evaluation Group
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6467

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Summary:	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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