Doing Business Project

Doing Business Project in International Trade

Meaning of Doing Business Project, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The Doing Business Project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 189 economies. This report, launched in 2002, looks at domestic small and medium-size companies and measures the regulations applying to them through their life cycle. By gathering and analysing comprehensive quantitative data to compare business regulation environments across economies and over time, Doing Business Project encourages countries to compete towards more efficient regulation; offers measurable benchmarks for reform; and serves as a resource for academics, journalists, private sector researchers and others interested in the business climate of each country.

Doing business Project evaluates 10 topics related to business regulations.

Starting a business

Dealing with construction permits.

Getting electricity.

Registering property.

Getting credit.

Protecting investors.

Paying taxes.

Trading Across borders.

Enforcing contracts.

Resolving insolvency.

The Doing Business Project is published annually by the World Bank Group. Website.