Region Profile of European Union

World Bank Group

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT;    PERMITS;    ELECTRICITY;    REGULATION;    PROPERTY RIGHTS;   

RP-ID  :  122094

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Doing Business 2018 is the 15th in aseries of annual reports investigating the regulations thatenhance business activity and those that constrain it. Thiseconomy profile presents the Doing Business indicators forEuropean Union. Doing Business presents quantitativeindicators on business regulation and the protection ofproperty rights that can be compared across 190 economies.Doing Business measures aspects of regulation affecting 11areas of the life of a business. Ten of these areas areincluded in this year's ranking on the ease of doingbusiness: starting a business, dealing with constructionpermits, getting electricity, registering property, gettingcredit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, tradingacross borders, enforcing contracts, and resolvinginsolvency. Doing Business also measures features of labormarket regulation, which is not included in this year'sranking. Data in Doing Business 2018 are current as of June1, 2017. The indicators are used to analyze economicoutcomes and identify what reforms of business regulationhave worked, where, and why.