Doing Business Reform Advisory

Countries differ in how they regulate businesses and economic activity. Complex and outdated regulations burden investors and make it harder for entrepreneurs to start and operate new firms. This in turn hampers job creation and slows economic growth.

Doing Business Reform Advisory is a joint service of FIAS and the Doing Business report program. It helps governments design and implement reform agendas to improve their environment for doing business as measured by the Doing Business indicators. These indicators are published annually in Doing Business, the IFC-World Bank publication that tracks the ease of doing business in countries worldwide across 10 dimensions in the life of a business: starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and closing a business. In delivering its services, the advisory team collaborates extensively with the Doing Business team, other FIAS product teams, IFC-BEE regional teams and other World Bank Group units.

Doing Business Reform Advisory channels significant resources into helping countries with the lowest Doing Business rankings. Among countries requesting assistance, 61 percent rank in the bottom half of the Doing Business classification. Half of the 25 lowest-ranking countries in Doing Business 2008 have become Doing Business Reform Advisory clients.

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