{"product_id":"doing-business-2015-going-beyond-efficiency","title":"Doing Business 2015","description":"Twelfth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, \u003ci\u003eDoing Business 2015\u003c\/i\u003e measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStarting a businessDealing with construction permits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGetting electricity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRegistering property\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGetting credit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProtecting minority investors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaying taxes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrading across borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnforcing contracts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResolving insolvency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabor market regulations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThis year's report will present data for a second city for the 11 economies with more than 100 million inhabitants. These are Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, and the United States. Three of the 10 topics covered have been expanded, with further plans to expand on five additional indicators in next year's report. Additionally, the \u003ci\u003eDoing Business\u003c\/i\u003e rankings are now based on the distance to the frontier measure where each economy is evaluated based on how close their business regulations are to the best global practices. This provides a more precise view of each economy's performance and its improvement over time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2014, 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. \u003ci\u003eDoing Business\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates how reforms in business regulations are being used to analyze economic outcomes for domestic entrepreneurs and for the wider economy. It is a flagship product produced in partnership by the World Bank and IFC that garners worldwide attention on regulatory barriers to entrepreneurship. More than 60 economies have used the \u003ci\u003eDoing Business\u003c\/i\u003e indicators to shape reform agendas and monitor improvements on the ground. In addition, the \u003ci\u003eDoing Business\u003c\/i\u003e data has generated over 2,000 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals since its inception.","brand":"World Bank Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54188642140504,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781464803512.jpg?v=1781055920","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/doing-business-2015-going-beyond-efficiency","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}