World Bank [to 31 October 2015]

World Bank [to 31 October 2015]
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[We generally limit coverage to regional and global level initiatives, recognizing that a number of country-level announcements are added each week]

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Central Asian Countries among Top Improvers in Doing Business 2016 report
ALMATY, October 30, 2015 – Today, the World Bank Group hosted the regional launch of Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency in Central Asia. In this year’s report, Kazakhstan,…
Date: October 30, 2015 Type: Press Release

Ending Poverty: How health and innovation can lead the way
Global Developmentand Poverty InitiativeConference on Shared Prosperity and Health: Advancing Global Development through Innovation and Institutions, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Date: October 29, 2015 Type: Speeches and Transcripts

Doing Business Report Finds More than 60% of World’s Economies Improved Their Business Rules in Past Year
WASHINGTON, October 27, 2015 – Developing economies quickened the pace of their business reforms during the last 12 months to make it easier for local businesses to start and operate, says the World Bank Group’s annual ease of doing business measurement.
Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency finds that 85 developing economies implemented 169 business reforms during the past year, compared with 154 reforms the previous year. High-income economies carried out an additional 62 reforms, bringing the total for the past year to 231 reforms in 122 economies around the world…