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 business,
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.