Tenth 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 … overall "ease of doing business", and analyzes reforms to business regulation -- identifying which economies are strengthening …

Ninth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 183 economies, Doing Business 2012 measures … regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: • starting a business • dealing with construction permits … countries on their overall ""ease of doing business"", and analyzes reforms to business regulation—identifying which countries …

countries need a sound business environment in the form of good government regulations to be able to benefit from FDI. Using a … comprehensive data set for regulations, they test this hypothesis and find evidence that excessive regulations restrict growth …, including instrumental variable regressions. "--World Bank web site …

issues. "--World Bank web site …

also helps to determine how far the services negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO), under the general …