Doing Business 2018 is the 15th in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2018 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: Starting a business; Dealing with construction permits; Getting electricity; Registering property; Getting credit; Protecting minority ......
Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. It provides quantitative indicators covering 12 areas of the business environment in 190 economies. The goal of the Doing Business series is to provide objective data for use by governments in ......
Doing Business in 2005: Removing Obstacles to Growth is the second in a series of annual reports investigating the scope and manner of regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. New quantitative indicators on business regulations and their enforcement can be compared across 145 countries - from Albania to Zimbabwe - ......
The unprecedented progress of East Asia Pacific is a triumph of working people. Countries that were low-income a generation ago successfully integrated into the global value chain, exploiting their labour-cost advantage. In 1990, the region held about one-third of the world's labour force. Leveraging this comparative advantage, the share of global ......
This twelfth annual survey of emerging stock markets, prepared by the Emerging Markets Group of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is the premier source of its kind. It provides essential coverage of stock market characteristics for the 45 markets covered by the IFC's three highly regarded stock market indexes -- the Global, Investable, ......
Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 presents indicators that measure the laws, regulations and bureaucratic processes that affect farmers in 101 countries. The study covers eight thematic areas: supplying seed, registering fertilizer, securing water, registering machinery, sustaining livestock, protecting plant health, trading food and ......
The Role of Capital Markets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Firms in low- and middle-income countries have historically found it harder to access capital than their peers in richer economies. This report uses a new database on bond and equity issuance to show that gap is narrowing, with increased participation in capital markets leading to greater investment and job creation.
Productivity and Digital Technologies in East Asia and Pacific
In recent decades, economic growth in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) has been driven primarily by capital accumulation rather than increases in productivity. To raise productivity and revitalize the region's economy, bold policy action is needed to unleash competition, improve infrastructure, and reform education.
