The World Bank's Ease of Doing Business reports have been ranking countries since 2006. However, do improvements in rankings generate greater foreign direct investment inflows? This study is the first to test such a proposition empirically with Arellano-Bond dynamic panel estimators using the ...
27 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka has dropped one place in the World Bank's ease of doing business index despite adopting some key reforms, a media report, quoting the bank's latest ranking, as saying on Thursday. "Over the past year Sri Lanka made progress in two reform areas that are ...
Big reform wins: Ease of doing business report Establishing a businessis one of the key areas that China has made improvements, according to the report. The World Bank ranked China 28 out of 190 economies for starting a business – a huge improvement from 93 justlast year. China dramatically...
DUBAI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Gulf state United Arab Emirates (UAE) increased its stance in the World Bank's ease of doing business ranking and entered the global top 30 for the first time, Abu Dhabi daily The National reported on Wednesday. The UAE, a major oil supplier and the mo...
How to read China’s ranking on the Ease of Doing Business index Currently, China’s ranking on the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ index follows Singapore (2), Hong Kong (3), Malaysia (12), and Thailand (21). Since 2003, the World Bank has been releasing itsDoing Businessreport annually....
Afghanistan was ranked 173 in the World Bank’s “Doing Business Report for 2019: Training for Reform” and received a score of 44.1.
The study aims to identify the determinants of digital financial inclusion (DFI) and its role in micro enterprises’ ease of doing business. The study is based on the World Bank’s Enterprises Survey of Micro Firms (ESM) 2022 data of 998 micro-enterprises. The variables that measure access ...
The World Bank’s Doing Business 2019 Report, which was released Wednesday, compared the ease of doing business in 190 economies through 10 indicators. Hong Kong performed well in a number of the indicators and was ranked first in both “paying taxes” and “dealing with construction permits.”...
"China advanced to a global ranking of 46 this year, up from 78 last year, as the country implemented the largest number of reforms in the East Asia and Pacific region," the report said. Bert Hofman, World Bank country director for China, said: "China has made rapid progress in improvin...
In a latest development, Pakistan has moved up 28 places on World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index 2020. Subsequently, Pakistan is now placed at 108th spot, as compared to 136th position to last year