This report focuses on measuring entrepreneurship trends in 170 economies around the world.
Women’s economic empowerment (Gender equality - SDG5), is a cornerstone of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Due to insufficient standardized and country-comparable data, the current diagnosis...
The dataset on entrepreneurship helps to meet the demand of governments and policymakers, and to respond to the interest of researchers. This report focuses on the COVID-19 crisis impact business formation...
Women’s economic empowerment (Gender equality - SDG5), is a cornerstone of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. Due to insufficient standardized and country-comparable data, the current diagnosis...
Complex business regulations and bureaucratic processes tend to be obstacles for new entrepreneurs. To navigate these processes as smoothly as possible, entrepreneurs may solicit the services of third-party...
Governments and civil society have come together in recent years to increase the transparency of business information. New regulations have been adopted to improve transparency, particularly regarding...
This paper analyzes data on female and male entrepreneurship that were collected by the World Bank Group's Entrepreneurship Database. Recognizing the importance of a differentiated approach to entrepreneurship...
This note lays out the rationale for including land administration quality index in the standard ‘registering property’ indicator by doing business and discusses initial evidence from the global sample...
The 2014 World Bank entrepreneurship database provides a unique indicator of new business registration, allowing the measurement of entrepreneurial activity across economies and over time. The most recent...
Governments are revamping their processes for business registration, which can help improve the competitiveness of their investment climates and drive growth in formally registered firms. Company registrars...