What's New?
Recent updates to World Bank Group financial and private sector development websites are highlighted below. Direct links to these sites are provided to the right.
- New Doing Business Reports and Data: Three new reports have been published: Doing Business in the Arab World 2009, Doing Business in Small Island Developing States 2009, and Paying Taxes. In addition, Doing Business subnational data on Mexico is now available, along with a report in Spanish.
- How the Financial Landscape Will Change: "The financial crisis is prompting a reassessment of certain principles and practices in financial sector policymaking, and could lead to important changes in the structure and oversight of financial systems worldwide," according to a new World Bank Group paper. "The Unfolding Crisis: Implications for Financial Systems and Their Oversight" is now available for consultation and public comment.
Download report (PDF, 140KB)
- Virtual Launch of the Doing Business 2009: Watch the second annual "virtual release" of the Doing Business report on Second Life. On Oct. 30, World Bank spokesperson Dahlia Khalifa present the findings of the Doing Business 2009 report and answer audience questions. Learn more...
- Remittance Prices Worldwide: The new remittances database provides data on the cost of sending and receiving small amounts of money from 14 sending countries to 67 receiving countries. The aggregate cash flows are enormous: the World Bank estimates that remittances totaled $337 billion in 2007. The research and publication of remittance pricing worldwide serves four important purposes: benchmarking improvements, allowing comparisons among countries, supporting consumers’ choices, and putting pressure on service providers to improve their services. Learn more...
- Enterprise Surveys: New data for Cambodia, Egypt, Kenya, Thailand, & added coverage for Mozambique, Nigeria
- Enterprise Surveys: Updated data coverage for Belarus, Georgia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
- Doing Business five years of reforms: More regulatory reforms were recorded worldwide
- Doing Business Profiles: Profiles of 181 economies and 13 regions are available for download!
- Doing Business report: How seven African women entrepreneurs overcame obstacles to succeed in business
- Doing Business in Small Island Developing States: The report finds that small islands are performing well
- New research: Taking the Measure of Law: The Case of the Doing Business Project
- Public Policy Journal: Doing Privatization Right: What It Takes to Maximize Gains in Low-Income Countries
