The Doing Business project providesobjective measures of business regulations and theirenforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at thesubnational and regional level. Doing Business capturesseveral important dimensions of the regulatory environmentas it applies to local firms. It provides quantitativeindicators on regulation for starting a business, dealingwith construction permits, getting electricity, registeringproperty, getting credit, protecting minority investors,paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts,and resolving insolvency. Doing Business also measuresfeatures of labor market regulation. By gathering andanalyzing comprehensive quantitative data to comparebusiness regulation environments across economies and overtime, Doing Business encourages economies to compete towardsmore efficient regulation; offers measurable benchmarks forreform; and serves as a resource for academics, journalists,private sector researchers, and others interested in thebusiness climate of each economy. In addition, DoingBusiness offers detailed subnational reports, whichexhaustively cover business regulation and reform indifferent cities and regions within a nation. These reportsprovide data on the ease of doing business, rank eachlocation, and recommend reforms to improve performance ineach of the indicator areas. Selected cities can comparetheir business regulations with other cities in the economyor region and with the 190 economies that Doing Business has ranked.