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Doing Business 2018
Report

Doing Business 2018

Reforming to Create Jobs

World Bank, 2017


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Comprehensive
  • Analytical
  • Applicable

Recommendation

Why do some countries thrive as entrepreneurial hotspots while others don’t? Making it easier to do business certainly helps get the ball rolling. So say the results of the 2018 World Bank annual report on the impact of regulation on commercial activity across 190 countries. Policy experts will find this comprehensive study useful in identifying what works, what doesn’t and why. It also offers important information to executives and entrepreneurs looking to expand their businesses to other nations. Readers should note, however, that a subsequent investigation alleges that senior World Bank officials may have pressed staff to alter data related to China’s ranking.

Take-Aways

  • The ease of doing business varies considerably among countries, as measured in a World Bank study assessing 11 factors.
  • In 2017, 119 of the 190 nations surveyed implemented at least one business reform.
  • The top five business-friendly nations are New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark, the Republic of Korea and Hong Kong.

About the Author

The World Bank provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries. 


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