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
• employing workers
• registering property
• getting credit
• protecting investors
• paying taxes
• trading across borders
• enforcing contracts
• closing a business
• getting electricity
The report updates all indicators as of June 1,
2011, ranks countries on their overall "ease of doing business" and analyzes
reforms to business regulation—identifying which countries 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.
The Doing Business reports illustrate
how reforms in business regulations are being used to analyze economic outcomes for
domestic entrepreneurs and for the wider economy.
264 pages, Paperback