Doing Business: External Panel Review

Doing Business: External Panel Review Final Report September 1, 2021 Panel members: Laura Alfaro, Harvard University Alan Auerbach, University of California at Berkeley Mauricio C rdenas (Chair), Columbia University Takatoshi Ito, Columbia University Sebnem Kalemli- zcan, University of Maryland Justin Sandefur, Center for Global Development Seho Kim, Rodrigo Morales Mendoza, and Jenny Ning provided excellent research assistance. We re grateful to Carmen Reinhart, Aart Kraay, and Norman Loayza for helpful discussions, to Rita Ramalho who served as the main World Bank contact for the Panel , and to the entire Doing Business team for sharing their time through multiple meetings and detailed feedback on an earlier draft. We are also indebted to a long list of others who took time out to meet with the Panel and/or make written submissions. 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents Summary of recommendations Section 1. Introduction Overview and purpose of Doing Business Past reviews and changes to the Doing Business index The need for a new Review Section 2.

Furthermore, the underlying survey of experts measures laws and policies; it does not evaluate them. For some indicators, less is clearly better (e.g., delays in registering a business), while for others, optimal policy is far less clear (e.g., the optimal corporate tax rate).

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