Ninth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in
185 economies, Doing Business 2013 measures regulations
affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity:
- Starting a business
- Dealing with construction permits
- Getting electricity
- Registering property
- Getting credit
- Protecting investors
- Paying taxes
- Trading across borders
- Enforcing contracts
- Closing a business
- Employing workers
The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2011, ranks
economies on their overall “ease of doing business”, and
analyzes reforms to business regulation – identifying which
economies are strengthening their business environment the most.
Doing Business 2012 includes a new set of indicators on the
time, steps, and cost for a private business to get an electricity
connection. The data on connection services can inform utilities,
regulators and governments seeking to strengthen the performance of the
electricity sector.
Drawing on a now longer time series, this year's report
introduces a measure to illustrate how the regulatory environment for
business has changed in each economy since Doing Business 2006
was published in 2005. A new "distance to frontier" measure
complements the aggregate ranking on the ease of doing business, which
benchmarks each economy's current performance on the indicators
against that of all other economies in the sample for a given year.
A fundamental premise of Doing Business is that economic
activity requires good rules that are transparent and accessible to
all. Such regulations should be efficient, striking a balance between
safeguarding some important aspects of the business environment and
avoiding distortions that impose unreasonable costs on businesses.
Where business regulation is burdensome and competition limited,
success depends more on whom you know than on what you can do. But
where regulations are relatively easy to comply with and accessible to
all who need to use them, anyone with talent and a good idea should be
able to start and grow a business in the formal sector.
“The Doing Business report, which was started in 2003, has
become one of the key ways in which the bank and other observers gauge
business climate within developing countries...”
— The Financial Times
“[Doing Business started] as a way to encourage countries
to reduce obstacles to entrepreneurship. Developing countries compete
to land a spot on the top 10 list of most-improving countries because
it is seen as a way to get attention and investment.”
— The Wall Street Journal
“[Doing Business] has succeeded in putting the issue of
business red tape on the international political agenda.”
— Economist
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