This report forms part of a multi-country study FIAS has been undertaking in collaboration with the United Kingdom Department for International
Development(DFID), to determine whether the tax policy and tax administration regimes in Africa are conducive to economic growth. A key focus is on the opportunities created by bringing informal firms into the tax net and appropriate tax policies for small enterprises.

Doing Business in Brazil is the second state-level report of the Doing Business series in Latin America. Doing Business investigates the scope and manner of regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. In this project quantitative indicators on business regulations and their enforcement were created for 12 municipalities and states. These can now compare themselves to São Paulo or any of the 12 cities and states benchmarked in Mexico, as well as to over 150 countries around the world. The report covers five topics: starting a business, registering property, getting credit, paying taxes and enforcing contracts.