The latest news and research from the World Bank Group's Doing Business project

DB News - 14th Issue

DBNews is a platform for exchanging information and ideas among the ever-growing community of Doing Business contributors across the world.

Thank you, Expert Contributors! Thank you for generously sharing your expertise and time for the Doing Business 2017 report. Your responsiveness to follow-up questions via telephone and email are also much appreciated.  Many of you have been research partners with the World Bank Group for 14 years and we look forward to continuing this important relationship with you as we work toward our common goal of enabling local entrepreneurs in your economy and globally.   To show our sincere gratitude to our expert respondents, a report copy and certificate of appreciation for Doing Business 2017 will be sent by March to those who participated in the research. The report may reach you a few weeks later than usual this year because the Doing Business team recently moved offices.   Doing Business 2017 launched on October 25, 2016   Key highlights » New Zealand is first on ease of doing business among 190 economies » Entrepreneurs in 137 economies saw improvements in regulatory framework » Paying taxes topic now includes postfiling processes—such as tax refunds, tax audits and administrative tax appeals » Doing Business adds gender dimension in three of the 10 topics included in the ease of doing business ranking: starting a business, registering property and enforcing contracts » Somalia added as 190th economy covered in the report Download report (PDF, 9MB)

Doing Business 2017 Case Studies Doing Business case studies offer an insight into regulatory issues faced by policy makers, challenges they had to overcome, and the impact of their initiative. » Getting Electricity: Factors affecting the reliability of electricity supply » Getting Credit - Legal Rights: Two approaches to developing an integrated secured transactions regime » Getting Credit - Credit Information: Casting a wide net to expand financial inclusion » Protecting Minority Investors: Achieving sound corporate governance » Paying Taxes: Assessing postfiling processes » Trading Across Borders: Technology gains in trade facilitation

Doing Business 2018Questionnaires Coming Soon We look forward to learning from your important expertise again for the upcoming report.  Questionnaires for Doing Business 2018 will be sent throughout February and March.    See Impact of Your Contributions You may enjoy sharing this Doing Business video with your networks to show how the research you contribute to is making it easier to do business around the world. Click to read what leaders are saying about Doing Business