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Two great resources for entrepreneurs are reports by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the World Bank.

I was viewing several of the latest reports, and thought it might be an excellent vehicle to begin my involvement on this platform.

 

1)  The preface of the Doing Business in 2011 is pasted below:

 

Doing Business 2011 is the eighth in a series of annual reports investigating the 

regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business 

presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property 

rights that can be compared across 183 economies—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe— 

and over time. 

Regulations affecting 11 areas of the life of a business are covered: starting a business, 

dealing with construction permits, registering property, getting credit, protecting 

investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, closing a busi- 

ness, getting electricity and employing workers. The getting electricity and employing 

workers data are not included in the ranking on the ease of doing business in Doing 

Business 2011. 

Data in Doing Business 2011 are current as of June 1, 2010. The indicators are used to 

analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why. 

The methodology for the employing workers indicators changed for Doing Business 

2011. See Data notes for details. 

Preface v 

Executive summary 1 

About Doing Business:  

measuring for impact  12 

Starting a business  18 

Dealing with construction permits  26 

Registering property  32 

Getting credit  39 

Protecting investors  47 

Paying taxes  54 

Trading across borders  63 

Enforcing contracts  70 

Closing a business  77 

2) Entreprise Survey on  Economic Research, Statistics and Reference Data http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/?cid=1295