Doing business 2017
Subtitle: equal opportunity for all : comparing business regulation for domestic firms in 190 economies
Edition: 14th edition.
Series: World Bank Group flagship report; World Bank Group flagship report
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781464809842; 9781464809484
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Commercial law; Statistics; Trade regulation; New business enterprises; Economic development projects; Law and legislation; Industrial laws and legislation; Business enterprises; Government policy; LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; LAW / Commercial / General
Description: Doing business measures aspects of regulation affecting 11 areas of the life of a business. Ten of these areas are included in this year's ranking on the ease of doing business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering porperty, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. Doing business also measures features of labor market regulation, which is not included in the ranking. Data are current as of June 1, 2015. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms of business relulation have worked, where and why.
Notes: "Doing business 2016 is the 14th in a series of annual reports comparing investigaing the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing business presents quantitative indicators on business regulation and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies--from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe-- and over time"--Page iii.

Includes bibliographical references.