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- Doing Business in South East Europe: The first regional and subnational Doing Business report in South East Europe covers 22 cities from the region. Cities can be compared against each other and with 178 economies around the world. Four Doing Business topics are covered: starting a business, dealing with licenses, registering property, and enforcing contracts. The report shows how cities can improve their business environments by adopting best practices.
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- Launch of 16 new Doing Business Case Studies: Successful reforms may hinge more on timing -- or seizing opportunities -- than carefully crafted plans, according to Celebrating Reform 2008, a new book that explores reforms in sixteen countries spanning the globe. Researchers found that reforms usually happen when new governments take office, and that they often follow crises. They also found that reformers don't have time for concepts like "getting the right sequencing" and "finding the binding constraint," and that reformers are helped by active media and information campaigns. The book follows the annual Reformers' Club meeting of 10 top reformers, held in New York on June 4, 2008.
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- Doing Business in the Philippines:
- The report compares business regulations across 21 cities
- Doing Business reforms:
- G8 ministers urge doing business reforms in Africa, promote FIAS
- Doing Business in Nigeria:
- Subnational report examines 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory
- Doing Business:
- Iceland's ambassador to UN talks about "Doing Business in Small Island Developing States"
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