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Business Ready (B-READY), World Bank

2026-02-11T04:25:58Z

Henok.Feleke: /* Tables In IFs: B-READY */

= Summary =

=== Business Ready (B-READY) ===
The World Bank's "[https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready/about-us Business Ready]" (B-READY) project is a new initiative launched to replace the discontinued "Doing Business" report. The B-READY project, which began its pilot phase in 2024, seeks to assess countries on ten key indicators, focusing on how business regulations are implemented in practice compared to what is written in law. Here are the new indicators will be provided in the BusinessReady. (<nowiki>https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/content/dam/enterprisesurveys/documents/methodology/Indicator-Description.pdf</nowiki>)

=== Doing Business ===
The World Bank has an annual global doing business report available here http://www.doingbusiness.org/. The Doing Business project faced criticism and was discontinued in 2021. In 2020, the World Bank halted the Doing Business report after an internal audit revealed that data had been improperly altered in past reports to boost the rankings of certain countries. Specifically, it was found that the rankings of China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Azerbaijan had been adjusted inappropriately due to pressure from senior World Bank officials. In September 2021, the World Bank officially announced that it would discontinue the Doing Business report. The decision came after the findings of the investigation, which detailed significant ethical concerns, particularly with regards to the manipulation of rankings for political and economic reasons.

= Tables In IFs: B-READY =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Years
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!UsedInPreprocessor
!Name in Source
!Code in Source
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessInsolvency
|Measures the strength of insolvency rules, supporting institutions, and the time/cost efficiency of liquidating or restructuring firms
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Insolvency
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessLocation
|Measures how effectively businesses can obtain a location to operate (buy, lease, or build) including property transfer and permitting
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Location
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessEntry
|Measures how easy and efficient it is to legally register and start operating a new limited liability company.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Entry
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBDisputeResolution
|Measures the legal framework, court/ADR services, and time/cost/reliability of resolving commercial disputes and enforcing decisions.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Dispute Resolution
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBFinancialServices
|Measures how well firms can access and use finance—including lending, secured transactions, credit information, and e-payments—through rules, services, and efficiency
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Financial Services
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBInternationalTrade
|Measures how supportive trade rules, infrastructure/border management, and compliance time/cost are for trading goods, services, and digital trade
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|International Trade
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBLabor
|Measures the quality of labor regulations, labor-related public services, and how efficiently labor rules work in practice for firms and workers.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Labor
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBTaxation
|Measures the quality of tax rules, tax administration services, and how effectively taxes are implemented in practice for businesses.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Taxation
|NULL
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions: B-READY =
'''Step - 1:''' The data can be accessed from the World Bank’s Business Ready 2025 page https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready. By clicking on the "Download Data", the raw data can be downloaded either through CSV format or Excel format.

[[File:Screenshot 2026-02-10 203242.png|center|thumb|800x800px]]

'''Step - 2:''' After downloading and extracting, you should see files similar to

* '''00_B-READY-2025-DATA-README (PDF)'''
* '''01_B-READY-2025-PILLAR-TOPIC-SCORES (Excel)'''
* '''02_B-READY-2025-EconomyAnswer (Excel)'''

Open the README file and review file descriptions, definitions of pillars/topics, scoring structure, and any notes on missing values.

'''Step - 3:''' Open the main scoring workbook''', 01_B-READY-2025-PILLAR-TOPIC-SCORES (Excel).''' This is the main file for pulling standardized scores by economy.

'''Step - 4:''' Navigate to the correct sheet/tab'''.''' Use the sheet tabs at the bottom depending on what you are pulling:

* '''00_B-READY Pillar Score'''
* '''01_Business_Entry'''
* '''02_Business_Location'''
* '''03_Utility_Services'''
* '''04_Labor'''
* '''05_Financial_Services'''
* '''06_International_Trade''' '''…etc.'''

'''Step - 5:''' Pull ONLY the Overall Score column for each Topic Inside each topic sheet (e.g. 01_Business_Entry, 02_Business_Location ,etc.)

'''Step - 6:''' Export / Save your cleaned data'''.''' Copy the selected columns into a new Excel file, '''or''' Save the sheet as CSV for use in Python/SQL. Then import it the data into your .db

= Data Notes =
The data values for West Bank and Gaza should be used for Palestine. Be careful for countries names like Côte d'Ivoire and Türkiye, they are named differently in IFs (Cote D'Ivoire and Turkey respectively)

= Tables In IFs: Doing Business Report =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Years
!UsedInPreprocessor
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!Name In Source
!Code In Source
|-
|GovWBDoingBusConstructionPermitDays
|The number of days need to get a construction permit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) construct permits
|IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusConstructionPermitProcedures
|Number of procedures needed to get a construction permit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) construct permit
|IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainExportCostUSDNew
|Cost of exporting one container in USD - border cost + documentation cost
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.EXPT.COST.BRDR.COMP.CD.DB1619 & TRD.ACRS.BRDR.EXPT.COST.DOC.COMP.CD.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainImportCostUSDNew
|Cost of importing one container in USD - border cost + documentation cost
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.COST.BRDR.COMP.CD.DB1619 & TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.COST.DOC.COMP.CD.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD
|Cost of exporting one container in USD
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Cost to export (US$ per container) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD
|Cost of importing one container in USD
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Cost to import (US$ per container) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContractEnforceDays
|Number of days required to enforce a contract
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days)- enforcing contracts
|ENF.CONT.DURS.DY
|-
|GovWBDoingBusCostClose
|Average cost of closing a business in percent of estate
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Cost (% of estate)-resolving insolvency
|RESLV.ISV.COST.ZS
|-
|GovWBDoingBusCreditTransparency
|World Bank index on the depth of credit information (0-6)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Transparency of information index (0–6) reg prop
|IC.CRED.ACC.DPTH.CISI.XD.06.DB0514
|-
|GovWBDoingBusDirectorLiability
|World Bank index on the extent of director liability
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Extent of director liability index (0-10)-min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.IC.PRIN.EXT.DIR.LGL.010.XD
|-
|GovWBDoingBusDisclosureIndex
|World Bank index on the extent of disclosure
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Extent of disclosure index (0-10)- min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.EXT.BUS.DISC.010.XD
|-
|GovWBDoingBusEmpRigiIndex
|World Bank index on the rigidity of employment
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusExportDocumentationNeeded
|Number of documents needed to export
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Documents to export (number) old methodology- trade
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.DOCS.EXPT.NO.DB0615
|-
|GovWBDoingBusHiringDiffIndex
|World Bank index documenting the difficulty in hiring workers 0-100
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDays
|Number of days required to import
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Time to import (days) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDaysNew
|Number of days required to import - border + doc
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.BRDR.COMP.HR.DB1619&TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.DOC.COMP.HR.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDocumentationNeeded
|Number of documents needed to import
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Documents to import (number) old methodology-trade
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.DOCS.IMP.NO.DB0615
|-
|GovWBDoingBusInvestorProtection
|World bank index measuring the strength of investor protection (0-10)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Strength of investor protection index (0-10) old methodology-min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.STRENG.INV.PROT.XD.010.DB0614
|-
|GovWBDoingBusLegalRightsStrengthIndex
|World Bank index of the strength of legal rights, getting credit (0-10)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Strength of legal rights index (0-10) old methodology-getting credit
|IC.CRED.ACC.LGL.RGHT.XD.010.DB0514
|-
|GovWBDoingBusPropertyProceduresRequired
|Number of procedures required to register for property
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) reg prop
|IC.REG.PRRT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusRedundancyCostperWeekSalary
|Cost of firing a worker (in weeks of salary)
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusRedundancyIndex
|World Bank index on the difficulty in firing a worker
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTax%Profit
|Total tax rate as a percentage of profit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|
|PAY.TAX.TOT.TAX.RT.ZS
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTaxHoursperPerson
|Number of hours per year a person works to pay taxes
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (hours per year)-paying taxes
|PAY.TAX.TM
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTimeClose
|Average number of years needed to close a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|RESLV.ISV.DURS.YR
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTotalTaxRate
|The total tax rate expressed as a share of commercial profits.
|2005-2016
|0
|
|Total tax rate (% of commercial profit)
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessProcedures
|Number of procedures required to start a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) starting a bus
|IC.REG.PROC.MA.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessPropRegDays
|Number of days required to registar property
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) reg prop
|IC.REG.PRRT.DURS.TM
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessRanking
|Total overall ranking of ease of doing business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Ease of Doing Business Rank
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessStartDays
|Number of days required to start a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) starting a bus
|IC.REG.DURS.MA.DY
|-
|GovBusinessRegulationIndex
|A composit index of business environment indicators. Higher indicates a greater ease of doing business.
|2004-2010
|1
|SOCIOPOL
|
|
|-
|GovBetterBusinessIndex
|A composit index of bussness environment indicators. Higher indicates a greater regulatory burden on business.
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting
|Cost of registring a business as a percent of per capita income
|2003-2019
|1
|SOCIOPOL
|Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita)
|
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions: Doing Business =
#The data can be accessed from the World Bank’s Doing Business database page http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/doing-business-database. By clicking on the tab entitled "Data & Resources", the raw data can be downloaded either through CSV format or Excel format.
#Using Excel files as an example, the file contains three sheets with the names Data, Series, and Footnote. The Doing Business data was acquired from the Data tab. Prior to importing the data into the IFs, the raw data needs some pre-processing. The first step is to concord the country names with the IFs country names since the IFs does not have a specific country concordance list for Doing Business data. Then, the next step is to separate the data into several individual files based on different series. After those two procedures, the data should be ready for import.
#One thing to note in the country concordance process is that there are some sub-areas in the data (e.g., China - Beijing). Those data should be ignored since we only care about the data in certain countries. However, data for areas like 'Hong Kong, China' would be different, we actually need the data for that. Thus, to differentiate from sub-areas and main areas, you should look for that dash symbol '-' (i.e., China - Beijing would be treated as a sub-area).
#Certain series we had in the system are not being measured in the Doing Business data. Thus, series that were not included in the original downloaded data were typically not updated. Since the organization constantly updates their data and methodology each year, some series will not be concordant through years. Those series will need to be handled carefully.
#Series that were not updated are as follows (11 series in total): BetterBusinessIndex, BusinessRegulationIndex, ConstructionPermitDays, ConstructionPermitProcedures, EmpRigiIndex, ExportDocumentationNeeded, ImportDocumentationNeeded, HiringDiffIndex, RedundancyCostperWeekSalary, RedundancyIndex, TotalTaxRate. Note that the Tax%Profit series was updated using the "Total tax rate (% of profit)" in the raw downloaded data.
#Series that have been updated but need to be put on hold due to inconsistency in values through years are: SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD, SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD, SeriesGovWBDoingBusCreditTransparency, SeriesGovWBDoingBusImportDays, SeriesGovWBDoingBusLegalRightsStrengthIndex. Those 5 series in the most recent updated data only cover the years 2014-2017 while data in IFs covers 2006-2014. Moreover, the values in the overlapping year 2014 differ so much that we might need to create them as new series.
'''GovWBDoingBusImportDays; SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD; SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD.'''

GovWBDoingBusContainExportCostUSDNew, calculated by adding the Documentary compliance and Border compliance costs for import together.

GovWBDoingBusContainImportCostUSDNew, calculated by <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,arial,verdana,"trebuchet ms" ; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: -webkit-text-stroke-width: white-space: word-spacing: 0px;">adding the Documentary compliance and Border compliance costs for export together.

GovWBDoingBusImportDaysNew, calculated by adding <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,arial,verdana,"trebuchet ms" ; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: -webkit-text-stroke-width: white-space: word-spacing: 0px;">the Documentary compliance and Border compliance time for import together.

= Data Pulling Instructions: Doing Business Report 2024 Update =
'''For the 2024 update, the Doing Business project faced criticism and was discontinued in 2021.'''

We updated 1 series in preprocessor, '''GovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting.'''

* Download archive corrected data from https://archive.doingbusiness.org/en/doingbusiness[[File:Image dobu 1.png|none|thumb|878x878px]]
* Open the downloaded file and in the "All Data" tab, find the Cost - Men (% of income per capita) and Cost - Women (% of income per capita) under Starting a business.[[File:Image dobu 2.png|none|thumb|1005x1005px]]
* Take an average of the 2 columns listed above to get the new values.
* Compare the new values with the values in IFs.
* Blend in the new values to the values in IFs followed by 2 rules:
** If he new values are null, then use the values in IFs to fill the null.
** If the new values are not null, then use the new values.
* The final series contains values from 2003 to 2020.

= Data Notes =

Business Ready (B-READY), World Bank

2026-02-11T04:22:46Z

Henok.Feleke: /* Data Pulling Instructions: B-READY */

= Summary =

=== Business Ready (B-READY) ===
The World Bank's "[https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready/about-us Business Ready]" (B-READY) project is a new initiative launched to replace the discontinued "Doing Business" report. The B-READY project, which began its pilot phase in 2024, seeks to assess countries on ten key indicators, focusing on how business regulations are implemented in practice compared to what is written in law. Here are the new indicators will be provided in the BusinessReady. (<nowiki>https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/content/dam/enterprisesurveys/documents/methodology/Indicator-Description.pdf</nowiki>)

=== Doing Business ===
The World Bank has an annual global doing business report available here http://www.doingbusiness.org/. The Doing Business project faced criticism and was discontinued in 2021. In 2020, the World Bank halted the Doing Business report after an internal audit revealed that data had been improperly altered in past reports to boost the rankings of certain countries. Specifically, it was found that the rankings of China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Azerbaijan had been adjusted inappropriately due to pressure from senior World Bank officials. In September 2021, the World Bank officially announced that it would discontinue the Doing Business report. The decision came after the findings of the investigation, which detailed significant ethical concerns, particularly with regards to the manipulation of rankings for political and economic reasons.

= Tables In IFs: B-READY =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Years
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!UsedInPreprocessor
!Name in Source
!Code in Source
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessInsolvency
|Measures the strength of insolvency rules, supporting institutions, and the time/cost efficiency of liquidating or restructuring firms
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Insolvency
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessLocation
|Measures how effectively businesses can obtain a location to operate (buy, lease, or build) including property transfer and permitting
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Location
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessEntry
|Measures how easy and efficient it is to legally register and start operating a new limited liability company.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Entry
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBDisputeResolution
|Measures the legal framework, court/ADR services, and time/cost/reliability of resolving commercial disputes and enforcing decisions.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Dispute Resolution
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBFinancialServices
|Measures how well firms can access and use finance—including lending, secured transactions, credit information, and e-payments—through rules, services, and efficiency
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Financial Services
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBInternationalTrade
|Measures how supportive trade rules, infrastructure/border management, and compliance time/cost are for trading goods, services, and digital trade
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|International Trade
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBLabor
|Measures the quality of labor regulations, labor-related public services, and how efficiently labor rules work in practice for firms and workers.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Labor
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBTaxation
|Measures the quality of tax rules, tax administration services, and how effectively taxes are implemented in practice for businesses.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Taxation
|NULL
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions: B-READY =
'''Step - 1:''' The data can be accessed from the World Bank’s Business Ready 2025 page https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready. By clicking on the "Download Data", the raw data can be downloaded either through CSV format or Excel format.

[[File:Screenshot 2026-02-10 203242.png|center|thumb|800x800px]]

'''Step - 2:''' After downloading and extracting, you should see files similar to

* '''00_B-READY-2025-DATA-README (PDF)'''
* '''01_B-READY-2025-PILLAR-TOPIC-SCORES (Excel)'''
* '''02_B-READY-2025-EconomyAnswer (Excel)'''

Open the README file and review file descriptions, definitions of pillars/topics, scoring structure, and any notes on missing values.

'''Step - 3:''' '''Open the main scoring workbook, 01_B-READY-2025-PILLAR-TOPIC-SCORES (Excel).''' This is the main file for pulling standardized scores by economy.

'''Step - 4:''' '''Navigate to the correct sheet/tab.''' Use the sheet tabs at the bottom depending on what you are pulling:

* '''00_B-READY Pillar Score'''
* '''01_Business_Entry'''
* '''02_Business_Location'''
* '''03_Utility_Services'''
* '''04_Labor'''
* '''05_Financial_Services'''
* '''06_International_Trade'''
* '''…etc.'''

'''Step - 5:''' '''Pull ONLY the Overall Score column for each Topic''' Inside each topic sheet (e.g. 01_Business_Entry, 02_Business_Location ,etc.)

'''Step - 6: Export / Save your cleaned data.''' Copy the selected columns into a new Excel file, '''or''' Save the sheet as CSV for use in Python/SQL. Then import it the data into your .db

== Data Notes ==
The data values for West Bank and Gaza should be used for Palestine. Be careful for countries names like Côte d'Ivoire and Türkiye, they are named differently in IFs (Cote D'Ivoire and Turkey respectively)

= Tables In IFs: Doing Business Report =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Years
!UsedInPreprocessor
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!Name In Source
!Code In Source
|-
|GovWBDoingBusConstructionPermitDays
|The number of days need to get a construction permit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) construct permits
|IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusConstructionPermitProcedures
|Number of procedures needed to get a construction permit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) construct permit
|IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainExportCostUSDNew
|Cost of exporting one container in USD - border cost + documentation cost
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.EXPT.COST.BRDR.COMP.CD.DB1619 & TRD.ACRS.BRDR.EXPT.COST.DOC.COMP.CD.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainImportCostUSDNew
|Cost of importing one container in USD - border cost + documentation cost
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.COST.BRDR.COMP.CD.DB1619 & TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.COST.DOC.COMP.CD.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD
|Cost of exporting one container in USD
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Cost to export (US$ per container) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD
|Cost of importing one container in USD
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Cost to import (US$ per container) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContractEnforceDays
|Number of days required to enforce a contract
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days)- enforcing contracts
|ENF.CONT.DURS.DY
|-
|GovWBDoingBusCostClose
|Average cost of closing a business in percent of estate
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Cost (% of estate)-resolving insolvency
|RESLV.ISV.COST.ZS
|-
|GovWBDoingBusCreditTransparency
|World Bank index on the depth of credit information (0-6)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Transparency of information index (0–6) reg prop
|IC.CRED.ACC.DPTH.CISI.XD.06.DB0514
|-
|GovWBDoingBusDirectorLiability
|World Bank index on the extent of director liability
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Extent of director liability index (0-10)-min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.IC.PRIN.EXT.DIR.LGL.010.XD
|-
|GovWBDoingBusDisclosureIndex
|World Bank index on the extent of disclosure
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Extent of disclosure index (0-10)- min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.EXT.BUS.DISC.010.XD
|-
|GovWBDoingBusEmpRigiIndex
|World Bank index on the rigidity of employment
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusExportDocumentationNeeded
|Number of documents needed to export
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Documents to export (number) old methodology- trade
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.DOCS.EXPT.NO.DB0615
|-
|GovWBDoingBusHiringDiffIndex
|World Bank index documenting the difficulty in hiring workers 0-100
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDays
|Number of days required to import
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Time to import (days) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDaysNew
|Number of days required to import - border + doc
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.BRDR.COMP.HR.DB1619&TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.DOC.COMP.HR.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDocumentationNeeded
|Number of documents needed to import
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Documents to import (number) old methodology-trade
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.DOCS.IMP.NO.DB0615
|-
|GovWBDoingBusInvestorProtection
|World bank index measuring the strength of investor protection (0-10)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Strength of investor protection index (0-10) old methodology-min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.STRENG.INV.PROT.XD.010.DB0614
|-
|GovWBDoingBusLegalRightsStrengthIndex
|World Bank index of the strength of legal rights, getting credit (0-10)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Strength of legal rights index (0-10) old methodology-getting credit
|IC.CRED.ACC.LGL.RGHT.XD.010.DB0514
|-
|GovWBDoingBusPropertyProceduresRequired
|Number of procedures required to register for property
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) reg prop
|IC.REG.PRRT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusRedundancyCostperWeekSalary
|Cost of firing a worker (in weeks of salary)
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusRedundancyIndex
|World Bank index on the difficulty in firing a worker
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTax%Profit
|Total tax rate as a percentage of profit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|
|PAY.TAX.TOT.TAX.RT.ZS
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTaxHoursperPerson
|Number of hours per year a person works to pay taxes
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (hours per year)-paying taxes
|PAY.TAX.TM
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTimeClose
|Average number of years needed to close a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|RESLV.ISV.DURS.YR
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTotalTaxRate
|The total tax rate expressed as a share of commercial profits.
|2005-2016
|0
|
|Total tax rate (% of commercial profit)
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessProcedures
|Number of procedures required to start a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) starting a bus
|IC.REG.PROC.MA.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessPropRegDays
|Number of days required to registar property
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) reg prop
|IC.REG.PRRT.DURS.TM
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessRanking
|Total overall ranking of ease of doing business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Ease of Doing Business Rank
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessStartDays
|Number of days required to start a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) starting a bus
|IC.REG.DURS.MA.DY
|-
|GovBusinessRegulationIndex
|A composit index of business environment indicators. Higher indicates a greater ease of doing business.
|2004-2010
|1
|SOCIOPOL
|
|
|-
|GovBetterBusinessIndex
|A composit index of bussness environment indicators. Higher indicates a greater regulatory burden on business.
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting
|Cost of registring a business as a percent of per capita income
|2003-2019
|1
|SOCIOPOL
|Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita)
|
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions: Doing Business =
#The data can be accessed from the World Bank’s Doing Business database page http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/doing-business-database. By clicking on the tab entitled "Data & Resources", the raw data can be downloaded either through CSV format or Excel format.
#Using Excel files as an example, the file contains three sheets with the names Data, Series, and Footnote. The Doing Business data was acquired from the Data tab. Prior to importing the data into the IFs, the raw data needs some pre-processing. The first step is to concord the country names with the IFs country names since the IFs does not have a specific country concordance list for Doing Business data. Then, the next step is to separate the data into several individual files based on different series. After those two procedures, the data should be ready for import.
#One thing to note in the country concordance process is that there are some sub-areas in the data (e.g., China - Beijing). Those data should be ignored since we only care about the data in certain countries. However, data for areas like 'Hong Kong, China' would be different, we actually need the data for that. Thus, to differentiate from sub-areas and main areas, you should look for that dash symbol '-' (i.e., China - Beijing would be treated as a sub-area).
#Certain series we had in the system are not being measured in the Doing Business data. Thus, series that were not included in the original downloaded data were typically not updated. Since the organization constantly updates their data and methodology each year, some series will not be concordant through years. Those series will need to be handled carefully.
#Series that were not updated are as follows (11 series in total): BetterBusinessIndex, BusinessRegulationIndex, ConstructionPermitDays, ConstructionPermitProcedures, EmpRigiIndex, ExportDocumentationNeeded, ImportDocumentationNeeded, HiringDiffIndex, RedundancyCostperWeekSalary, RedundancyIndex, TotalTaxRate. Note that the Tax%Profit series was updated using the "Total tax rate (% of profit)" in the raw downloaded data.
#Series that have been updated but need to be put on hold due to inconsistency in values through years are: SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD, SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD, SeriesGovWBDoingBusCreditTransparency, SeriesGovWBDoingBusImportDays, SeriesGovWBDoingBusLegalRightsStrengthIndex. Those 5 series in the most recent updated data only cover the years 2014-2017 while data in IFs covers 2006-2014. Moreover, the values in the overlapping year 2014 differ so much that we might need to create them as new series.
'''GovWBDoingBusImportDays; SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD; SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD.'''

GovWBDoingBusContainExportCostUSDNew, calculated by adding the Documentary compliance and Border compliance costs for import together.

GovWBDoingBusContainImportCostUSDNew, calculated by <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,arial,verdana,"trebuchet ms" ; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: -webkit-text-stroke-width: white-space: word-spacing: 0px;">adding the Documentary compliance and Border compliance costs for export together.

GovWBDoingBusImportDaysNew, calculated by adding <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,arial,verdana,"trebuchet ms" ; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: -webkit-text-stroke-width: white-space: word-spacing: 0px;">the Documentary compliance and Border compliance time for import together.

= Data Pulling Instructions: Doing Business Report 2024 Update =
'''For the 2024 update, the Doing Business project faced criticism and was discontinued in 2021.'''

We updated 1 series in preprocessor, '''GovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting.'''

* Download archive corrected data from https://archive.doingbusiness.org/en/doingbusiness[[File:Image dobu 1.png|none|thumb|878x878px]]
* Open the downloaded file and in the "All Data" tab, find the Cost - Men (% of income per capita) and Cost - Women (% of income per capita) under Starting a business.[[File:Image dobu 2.png|none|thumb|1005x1005px]]
* Take an average of the 2 columns listed above to get the new values.
* Compare the new values with the values in IFs.
* Blend in the new values to the values in IFs followed by 2 rules:
** If he new values are null, then use the values in IFs to fill the null.
** If the new values are not null, then use the new values.
* The final series contains values from 2003 to 2020.

= Data Notes =

Business Ready (B-READY), World Bank

2026-02-11T04:22:07Z

Henok.Feleke: /* Data Pulling Instructions: B-READY */

= Summary =

=== Business Ready (B-READY) ===
The World Bank's "[https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready/about-us Business Ready]" (B-READY) project is a new initiative launched to replace the discontinued "Doing Business" report. The B-READY project, which began its pilot phase in 2024, seeks to assess countries on ten key indicators, focusing on how business regulations are implemented in practice compared to what is written in law. Here are the new indicators will be provided in the BusinessReady. (<nowiki>https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/content/dam/enterprisesurveys/documents/methodology/Indicator-Description.pdf</nowiki>)

=== Doing Business ===
The World Bank has an annual global doing business report available here http://www.doingbusiness.org/. The Doing Business project faced criticism and was discontinued in 2021. In 2020, the World Bank halted the Doing Business report after an internal audit revealed that data had been improperly altered in past reports to boost the rankings of certain countries. Specifically, it was found that the rankings of China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Azerbaijan had been adjusted inappropriately due to pressure from senior World Bank officials. In September 2021, the World Bank officially announced that it would discontinue the Doing Business report. The decision came after the findings of the investigation, which detailed significant ethical concerns, particularly with regards to the manipulation of rankings for political and economic reasons.

= Tables In IFs: B-READY =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Years
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!UsedInPreprocessor
!Name in Source
!Code in Source
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessInsolvency
|Measures the strength of insolvency rules, supporting institutions, and the time/cost efficiency of liquidating or restructuring firms
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Insolvency
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessLocation
|Measures how effectively businesses can obtain a location to operate (buy, lease, or build) including property transfer and permitting
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Location
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessEntry
|Measures how easy and efficient it is to legally register and start operating a new limited liability company.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Entry
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBDisputeResolution
|Measures the legal framework, court/ADR services, and time/cost/reliability of resolving commercial disputes and enforcing decisions.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Dispute Resolution
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBFinancialServices
|Measures how well firms can access and use finance—including lending, secured transactions, credit information, and e-payments—through rules, services, and efficiency
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Financial Services
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBInternationalTrade
|Measures how supportive trade rules, infrastructure/border management, and compliance time/cost are for trading goods, services, and digital trade
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|International Trade
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBLabor
|Measures the quality of labor regulations, labor-related public services, and how efficiently labor rules work in practice for firms and workers.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Labor
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBTaxation
|Measures the quality of tax rules, tax administration services, and how effectively taxes are implemented in practice for businesses.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Taxation
|NULL
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions: B-READY =
'''Step - 1:''' The data can be accessed from the World Bank’s Business Ready 2025 page https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready. By clicking on the "Download Data", the raw data can be downloaded either through CSV format or Excel format.

[[File:Screenshot 2026-02-10 203242.png|center|thumb|800x800px]]

'''Step - 2:''' After downloading and extracting, you should see files similar to

* '''00_B-READY-2025-DATA-README (PDF)'''
* '''01_B-READY-2025-PILLAR-TOPIC-SCORES (Excel)'''
* '''02_B-READY-2025-EconomyAnswer (Excel)'''

Open the README file and review file descriptions, definitions of pillars/topics, scoring structure, and any notes on

missing values.

'''Step - 3:''' '''Open the main scoring workbook, 01_B-READY-2025-PILLAR-TOPIC-SCORES (Excel).''' This is the main file for pulling standardized scores by economy.

'''Step - 4:''' '''Navigate to the correct sheet/tab.''' Use the sheet tabs at the bottom depending on what you are pulling:

* '''00_B-READY Pillar Score'''
* '''01_Business_Entry'''
* '''02_Business_Location'''
* '''03_Utility_Services'''
* '''04_Labor'''
* '''05_Financial_Services'''
* '''06_International_Trade'''
* '''…etc.'''

'''Step - 5:''' '''Pull ONLY the Overall Score column for each Topic''' Inside each topic sheet (e.g. 01_Business_Entry, 02_Business_Location ,etc.)

'''Step - 6: Export / Save your cleaned data.''' Copy the selected columns into a new Excel file, '''or''' Save the sheet as CSV for use in Python/SQL. Then import it the data into your .db

== Data Notes ==
The data values for West Bank and Gaza should be used for Palestine. Be careful for countries names like Côte d'Ivoire and Türkiye, they are named differently in IFs (Cote D'Ivoire and Turkey respectively)

= Tables In IFs: Doing Business Report =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Years
!UsedInPreprocessor
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!Name In Source
!Code In Source
|-
|GovWBDoingBusConstructionPermitDays
|The number of days need to get a construction permit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) construct permits
|IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusConstructionPermitProcedures
|Number of procedures needed to get a construction permit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) construct permit
|IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainExportCostUSDNew
|Cost of exporting one container in USD - border cost + documentation cost
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.EXPT.COST.BRDR.COMP.CD.DB1619 & TRD.ACRS.BRDR.EXPT.COST.DOC.COMP.CD.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainImportCostUSDNew
|Cost of importing one container in USD - border cost + documentation cost
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.COST.BRDR.COMP.CD.DB1619 & TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.COST.DOC.COMP.CD.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD
|Cost of exporting one container in USD
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Cost to export (US$ per container) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD
|Cost of importing one container in USD
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Cost to import (US$ per container) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContractEnforceDays
|Number of days required to enforce a contract
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days)- enforcing contracts
|ENF.CONT.DURS.DY
|-
|GovWBDoingBusCostClose
|Average cost of closing a business in percent of estate
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Cost (% of estate)-resolving insolvency
|RESLV.ISV.COST.ZS
|-
|GovWBDoingBusCreditTransparency
|World Bank index on the depth of credit information (0-6)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Transparency of information index (0–6) reg prop
|IC.CRED.ACC.DPTH.CISI.XD.06.DB0514
|-
|GovWBDoingBusDirectorLiability
|World Bank index on the extent of director liability
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Extent of director liability index (0-10)-min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.IC.PRIN.EXT.DIR.LGL.010.XD
|-
|GovWBDoingBusDisclosureIndex
|World Bank index on the extent of disclosure
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Extent of disclosure index (0-10)- min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.EXT.BUS.DISC.010.XD
|-
|GovWBDoingBusEmpRigiIndex
|World Bank index on the rigidity of employment
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusExportDocumentationNeeded
|Number of documents needed to export
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Documents to export (number) old methodology- trade
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.DOCS.EXPT.NO.DB0615
|-
|GovWBDoingBusHiringDiffIndex
|World Bank index documenting the difficulty in hiring workers 0-100
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDays
|Number of days required to import
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Time to import (days) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDaysNew
|Number of days required to import - border + doc
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.BRDR.COMP.HR.DB1619&TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.DOC.COMP.HR.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDocumentationNeeded
|Number of documents needed to import
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Documents to import (number) old methodology-trade
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.DOCS.IMP.NO.DB0615
|-
|GovWBDoingBusInvestorProtection
|World bank index measuring the strength of investor protection (0-10)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Strength of investor protection index (0-10) old methodology-min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.STRENG.INV.PROT.XD.010.DB0614
|-
|GovWBDoingBusLegalRightsStrengthIndex
|World Bank index of the strength of legal rights, getting credit (0-10)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Strength of legal rights index (0-10) old methodology-getting credit
|IC.CRED.ACC.LGL.RGHT.XD.010.DB0514
|-
|GovWBDoingBusPropertyProceduresRequired
|Number of procedures required to register for property
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) reg prop
|IC.REG.PRRT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusRedundancyCostperWeekSalary
|Cost of firing a worker (in weeks of salary)
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusRedundancyIndex
|World Bank index on the difficulty in firing a worker
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTax%Profit
|Total tax rate as a percentage of profit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|
|PAY.TAX.TOT.TAX.RT.ZS
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTaxHoursperPerson
|Number of hours per year a person works to pay taxes
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (hours per year)-paying taxes
|PAY.TAX.TM
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTimeClose
|Average number of years needed to close a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|RESLV.ISV.DURS.YR
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTotalTaxRate
|The total tax rate expressed as a share of commercial profits.
|2005-2016
|0
|
|Total tax rate (% of commercial profit)
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessProcedures
|Number of procedures required to start a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) starting a bus
|IC.REG.PROC.MA.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessPropRegDays
|Number of days required to registar property
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) reg prop
|IC.REG.PRRT.DURS.TM
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessRanking
|Total overall ranking of ease of doing business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Ease of Doing Business Rank
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessStartDays
|Number of days required to start a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) starting a bus
|IC.REG.DURS.MA.DY
|-
|GovBusinessRegulationIndex
|A composit index of business environment indicators. Higher indicates a greater ease of doing business.
|2004-2010
|1
|SOCIOPOL
|
|
|-
|GovBetterBusinessIndex
|A composit index of bussness environment indicators. Higher indicates a greater regulatory burden on business.
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting
|Cost of registring a business as a percent of per capita income
|2003-2019
|1
|SOCIOPOL
|Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita)
|
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions: Doing Business =
#The data can be accessed from the World Bank’s Doing Business database page http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/doing-business-database. By clicking on the tab entitled "Data & Resources", the raw data can be downloaded either through CSV format or Excel format.
#Using Excel files as an example, the file contains three sheets with the names Data, Series, and Footnote. The Doing Business data was acquired from the Data tab. Prior to importing the data into the IFs, the raw data needs some pre-processing. The first step is to concord the country names with the IFs country names since the IFs does not have a specific country concordance list for Doing Business data. Then, the next step is to separate the data into several individual files based on different series. After those two procedures, the data should be ready for import.
#One thing to note in the country concordance process is that there are some sub-areas in the data (e.g., China - Beijing). Those data should be ignored since we only care about the data in certain countries. However, data for areas like 'Hong Kong, China' would be different, we actually need the data for that. Thus, to differentiate from sub-areas and main areas, you should look for that dash symbol '-' (i.e., China - Beijing would be treated as a sub-area).
#Certain series we had in the system are not being measured in the Doing Business data. Thus, series that were not included in the original downloaded data were typically not updated. Since the organization constantly updates their data and methodology each year, some series will not be concordant through years. Those series will need to be handled carefully.
#Series that were not updated are as follows (11 series in total): BetterBusinessIndex, BusinessRegulationIndex, ConstructionPermitDays, ConstructionPermitProcedures, EmpRigiIndex, ExportDocumentationNeeded, ImportDocumentationNeeded, HiringDiffIndex, RedundancyCostperWeekSalary, RedundancyIndex, TotalTaxRate. Note that the Tax%Profit series was updated using the "Total tax rate (% of profit)" in the raw downloaded data.
#Series that have been updated but need to be put on hold due to inconsistency in values through years are: SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD, SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD, SeriesGovWBDoingBusCreditTransparency, SeriesGovWBDoingBusImportDays, SeriesGovWBDoingBusLegalRightsStrengthIndex. Those 5 series in the most recent updated data only cover the years 2014-2017 while data in IFs covers 2006-2014. Moreover, the values in the overlapping year 2014 differ so much that we might need to create them as new series.
'''GovWBDoingBusImportDays; SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD; SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD.'''

GovWBDoingBusContainExportCostUSDNew, calculated by adding the Documentary compliance and Border compliance costs for import together.

GovWBDoingBusContainImportCostUSDNew, calculated by <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,arial,verdana,"trebuchet ms" ; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: -webkit-text-stroke-width: white-space: word-spacing: 0px;">adding the Documentary compliance and Border compliance costs for export together.

GovWBDoingBusImportDaysNew, calculated by adding <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,arial,verdana,"trebuchet ms" ; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: -webkit-text-stroke-width: white-space: word-spacing: 0px;">the Documentary compliance and Border compliance time for import together.

= Data Pulling Instructions: Doing Business Report 2024 Update =
'''For the 2024 update, the Doing Business project faced criticism and was discontinued in 2021.'''

We updated 1 series in preprocessor, '''GovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting.'''

* Download archive corrected data from https://archive.doingbusiness.org/en/doingbusiness[[File:Image dobu 1.png|none|thumb|878x878px]]
* Open the downloaded file and in the "All Data" tab, find the Cost - Men (% of income per capita) and Cost - Women (% of income per capita) under Starting a business.[[File:Image dobu 2.png|none|thumb|1005x1005px]]
* Take an average of the 2 columns listed above to get the new values.
* Compare the new values with the values in IFs.
* Blend in the new values to the values in IFs followed by 2 rules:
** If he new values are null, then use the values in IFs to fill the null.
** If the new values are not null, then use the new values.
* The final series contains values from 2003 to 2020.

= Data Notes =

Business Ready (B-READY), World Bank

2026-02-11T04:17:14Z

Henok.Feleke: /* Tables In IFs: B-READY */

= Summary =

=== Business Ready (B-READY) ===
The World Bank's "[https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready/about-us Business Ready]" (B-READY) project is a new initiative launched to replace the discontinued "Doing Business" report. The B-READY project, which began its pilot phase in 2024, seeks to assess countries on ten key indicators, focusing on how business regulations are implemented in practice compared to what is written in law. Here are the new indicators will be provided in the BusinessReady. (<nowiki>https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/content/dam/enterprisesurveys/documents/methodology/Indicator-Description.pdf</nowiki>)

=== Doing Business ===
The World Bank has an annual global doing business report available here http://www.doingbusiness.org/. The Doing Business project faced criticism and was discontinued in 2021. In 2020, the World Bank halted the Doing Business report after an internal audit revealed that data had been improperly altered in past reports to boost the rankings of certain countries. Specifically, it was found that the rankings of China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Azerbaijan had been adjusted inappropriately due to pressure from senior World Bank officials. In September 2021, the World Bank officially announced that it would discontinue the Doing Business report. The decision came after the findings of the investigation, which detailed significant ethical concerns, particularly with regards to the manipulation of rankings for political and economic reasons.

= Tables In IFs: B-READY =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Years
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!UsedInPreprocessor
!Name in Source
!Code in Source
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessInsolvency
|Measures the strength of insolvency rules, supporting institutions, and the time/cost efficiency of liquidating or restructuring firms
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Insolvency
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessLocation
|Measures how effectively businesses can obtain a location to operate (buy, lease, or build) including property transfer and permitting
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Location
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessEntry
|Measures how easy and efficient it is to legally register and start operating a new limited liability company.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Entry
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBDisputeResolution
|Measures the legal framework, court/ADR services, and time/cost/reliability of resolving commercial disputes and enforcing decisions.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Dispute Resolution
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBFinancialServices
|Measures how well firms can access and use finance—including lending, secured transactions, credit information, and e-payments—through rules, services, and efficiency
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Financial Services
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBInternationalTrade
|Measures how supportive trade rules, infrastructure/border management, and compliance time/cost are for trading goods, services, and digital trade
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|International Trade
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBLabor
|Measures the quality of labor regulations, labor-related public services, and how efficiently labor rules work in practice for firms and workers.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Labor
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBTaxation
|Measures the quality of tax rules, tax administration services, and how effectively taxes are implemented in practice for businesses.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Taxation
|NULL
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions: B-READY =

# The data can be accessed from the World Bank’s Business Ready 2025 page https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready. By clicking on the "Download Data", the raw data can be downloaded either through CSV format or Excel format.

[[File:Screenshot 2026-02-10 203242.png|center|thumb|800x800px]]

2. After downloading and extracting, you should see files similar to:

'''00_B-READY-2025-DATA-README (PDF)'''

'''01_B-READY-2025-PILLAR-TOPIC-SCORES (Excel)'''

'''02_B-READY-2025-EconomyAnswer (Excel)'''

Open the README file and review file descriptions, definitions of pillars/topics, scoring structure, and any notes on

missing values.

3. '''Open the main scoring workbook, 01_B-READY-2025-PILLAR-TOPIC-SCORES (Excel).''' This is the main file for

pulling standardized scores by economy.

4. '''Navigate to the correct sheet/tab.''' Use the sheet tabs at the bottom depending on what you are pulling:

'''00_B-READY Pillar Score'''

'''01_Business_Entry'''

'''02_Business_Location'''

'''03_Utility_Services'''

'''04_Labor'''

'''05_Financial_Services'''

'''06_International_Trade'''

'''…etc.'''

5. '''Pull ONLY the Overall Score column for each Topic''' Inside each topic sheet (e.g. 01_Business_Entry,

02_Business_Location ,etc.)

6'''. Export / Save your cleaned data.''' Copy the selected columns into a new Excel file, '''or''' Save the sheet as CSV for use

in Python/SQL. Then import it the data into your .db

== Data Notes ==
The data values for West Bank and Gaza should be used for Palestine. Be careful for countries names like Côte d'Ivoire and Türkiye, they are named differently in IFs (Cote D'Ivoire and Turkey respectively)

= Tables In IFs: Doing Business Report =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Years
!UsedInPreprocessor
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!Name In Source
!Code In Source
|-
|GovWBDoingBusConstructionPermitDays
|The number of days need to get a construction permit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) construct permits
|IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusConstructionPermitProcedures
|Number of procedures needed to get a construction permit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) construct permit
|IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainExportCostUSDNew
|Cost of exporting one container in USD - border cost + documentation cost
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.EXPT.COST.BRDR.COMP.CD.DB1619 & TRD.ACRS.BRDR.EXPT.COST.DOC.COMP.CD.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainImportCostUSDNew
|Cost of importing one container in USD - border cost + documentation cost
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.COST.BRDR.COMP.CD.DB1619 & TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.COST.DOC.COMP.CD.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD
|Cost of exporting one container in USD
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Cost to export (US$ per container) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD
|Cost of importing one container in USD
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Cost to import (US$ per container) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContractEnforceDays
|Number of days required to enforce a contract
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days)- enforcing contracts
|ENF.CONT.DURS.DY
|-
|GovWBDoingBusCostClose
|Average cost of closing a business in percent of estate
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Cost (% of estate)-resolving insolvency
|RESLV.ISV.COST.ZS
|-
|GovWBDoingBusCreditTransparency
|World Bank index on the depth of credit information (0-6)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Transparency of information index (0–6) reg prop
|IC.CRED.ACC.DPTH.CISI.XD.06.DB0514
|-
|GovWBDoingBusDirectorLiability
|World Bank index on the extent of director liability
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Extent of director liability index (0-10)-min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.IC.PRIN.EXT.DIR.LGL.010.XD
|-
|GovWBDoingBusDisclosureIndex
|World Bank index on the extent of disclosure
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Extent of disclosure index (0-10)- min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.EXT.BUS.DISC.010.XD
|-
|GovWBDoingBusEmpRigiIndex
|World Bank index on the rigidity of employment
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusExportDocumentationNeeded
|Number of documents needed to export
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Documents to export (number) old methodology- trade
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.DOCS.EXPT.NO.DB0615
|-
|GovWBDoingBusHiringDiffIndex
|World Bank index documenting the difficulty in hiring workers 0-100
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDays
|Number of days required to import
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Time to import (days) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDaysNew
|Number of days required to import - border + doc
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.BRDR.COMP.HR.DB1619&TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.DOC.COMP.HR.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDocumentationNeeded
|Number of documents needed to import
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Documents to import (number) old methodology-trade
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.DOCS.IMP.NO.DB0615
|-
|GovWBDoingBusInvestorProtection
|World bank index measuring the strength of investor protection (0-10)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Strength of investor protection index (0-10) old methodology-min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.STRENG.INV.PROT.XD.010.DB0614
|-
|GovWBDoingBusLegalRightsStrengthIndex
|World Bank index of the strength of legal rights, getting credit (0-10)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Strength of legal rights index (0-10) old methodology-getting credit
|IC.CRED.ACC.LGL.RGHT.XD.010.DB0514
|-
|GovWBDoingBusPropertyProceduresRequired
|Number of procedures required to register for property
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) reg prop
|IC.REG.PRRT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusRedundancyCostperWeekSalary
|Cost of firing a worker (in weeks of salary)
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusRedundancyIndex
|World Bank index on the difficulty in firing a worker
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTax%Profit
|Total tax rate as a percentage of profit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|
|PAY.TAX.TOT.TAX.RT.ZS
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTaxHoursperPerson
|Number of hours per year a person works to pay taxes
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (hours per year)-paying taxes
|PAY.TAX.TM
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTimeClose
|Average number of years needed to close a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|RESLV.ISV.DURS.YR
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTotalTaxRate
|The total tax rate expressed as a share of commercial profits.
|2005-2016
|0
|
|Total tax rate (% of commercial profit)
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessProcedures
|Number of procedures required to start a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) starting a bus
|IC.REG.PROC.MA.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessPropRegDays
|Number of days required to registar property
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) reg prop
|IC.REG.PRRT.DURS.TM
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessRanking
|Total overall ranking of ease of doing business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Ease of Doing Business Rank
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessStartDays
|Number of days required to start a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) starting a bus
|IC.REG.DURS.MA.DY
|-
|GovBusinessRegulationIndex
|A composit index of business environment indicators. Higher indicates a greater ease of doing business.
|2004-2010
|1
|SOCIOPOL
|
|
|-
|GovBetterBusinessIndex
|A composit index of bussness environment indicators. Higher indicates a greater regulatory burden on business.
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting
|Cost of registring a business as a percent of per capita income
|2003-2019
|1
|SOCIOPOL
|Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita)
|
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions: Doing Business =
#The data can be accessed from the World Bank’s Doing Business database page http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/doing-business-database. By clicking on the tab entitled "Data & Resources", the raw data can be downloaded either through CSV format or Excel format.
#Using Excel files as an example, the file contains three sheets with the names Data, Series, and Footnote. The Doing Business data was acquired from the Data tab. Prior to importing the data into the IFs, the raw data needs some pre-processing. The first step is to concord the country names with the IFs country names since the IFs does not have a specific country concordance list for Doing Business data. Then, the next step is to separate the data into several individual files based on different series. After those two procedures, the data should be ready for import.
#One thing to note in the country concordance process is that there are some sub-areas in the data (e.g., China - Beijing). Those data should be ignored since we only care about the data in certain countries. However, data for areas like 'Hong Kong, China' would be different, we actually need the data for that. Thus, to differentiate from sub-areas and main areas, you should look for that dash symbol '-' (i.e., China - Beijing would be treated as a sub-area).
#Certain series we had in the system are not being measured in the Doing Business data. Thus, series that were not included in the original downloaded data were typically not updated. Since the organization constantly updates their data and methodology each year, some series will not be concordant through years. Those series will need to be handled carefully.
#Series that were not updated are as follows (11 series in total): BetterBusinessIndex, BusinessRegulationIndex, ConstructionPermitDays, ConstructionPermitProcedures, EmpRigiIndex, ExportDocumentationNeeded, ImportDocumentationNeeded, HiringDiffIndex, RedundancyCostperWeekSalary, RedundancyIndex, TotalTaxRate. Note that the Tax%Profit series was updated using the "Total tax rate (% of profit)" in the raw downloaded data.
#Series that have been updated but need to be put on hold due to inconsistency in values through years are: SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD, SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD, SeriesGovWBDoingBusCreditTransparency, SeriesGovWBDoingBusImportDays, SeriesGovWBDoingBusLegalRightsStrengthIndex. Those 5 series in the most recent updated data only cover the years 2014-2017 while data in IFs covers 2006-2014. Moreover, the values in the overlapping year 2014 differ so much that we might need to create them as new series.
'''GovWBDoingBusImportDays; SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD; SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD.'''

GovWBDoingBusContainExportCostUSDNew, calculated by adding the Documentary compliance and Border compliance costs for import together.

GovWBDoingBusContainImportCostUSDNew, calculated by <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,arial,verdana,"trebuchet ms" ; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: -webkit-text-stroke-width: white-space: word-spacing: 0px;">adding the Documentary compliance and Border compliance costs for export together.

GovWBDoingBusImportDaysNew, calculated by adding <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,arial,verdana,"trebuchet ms" ; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: -webkit-text-stroke-width: white-space: word-spacing: 0px;">the Documentary compliance and Border compliance time for import together.

= Data Pulling Instructions: Doing Business Report 2024 Update =
'''For the 2024 update, the Doing Business project faced criticism and was discontinued in 2021.'''

We updated 1 series in preprocessor, '''GovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting.'''

* Download archive corrected data from https://archive.doingbusiness.org/en/doingbusiness[[File:Image dobu 1.png|none|thumb|878x878px]]
* Open the downloaded file and in the "All Data" tab, find the Cost - Men (% of income per capita) and Cost - Women (% of income per capita) under Starting a business.[[File:Image dobu 2.png|none|thumb|1005x1005px]]
* Take an average of the 2 columns listed above to get the new values.
* Compare the new values with the values in IFs.
* Blend in the new values to the values in IFs followed by 2 rules:
** If he new values are null, then use the values in IFs to fill the null.
** If the new values are not null, then use the new values.
* The final series contains values from 2003 to 2020.

= Data Notes =

File:Screenshot 2026-02-10 203242.png

2026-02-11T03:34:17Z

Henok.Feleke:

Business Ready 2025 page

Business Ready (B-READY), World Bank

2026-02-11T03:15:07Z

Henok.Feleke: /* Tables In IFs: B-READY */

= Summary =

=== Business Ready (B-READY) ===
The World Bank's "[https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready/about-us Business Ready]" (B-READY) project is a new initiative launched to replace the discontinued "Doing Business" report. The B-READY project, which began its pilot phase in 2024, seeks to assess countries on ten key indicators, focusing on how business regulations are implemented in practice compared to what is written in law. Here are the new indicators will be provided in the BusinessReady. (<nowiki>https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/content/dam/enterprisesurveys/documents/methodology/Indicator-Description.pdf</nowiki>)

=== Doing Business ===
The World Bank has an annual global doing business report available here http://www.doingbusiness.org/. The Doing Business project faced criticism and was discontinued in 2021. In 2020, the World Bank halted the Doing Business report after an internal audit revealed that data had been improperly altered in past reports to boost the rankings of certain countries. Specifically, it was found that the rankings of China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Azerbaijan had been adjusted inappropriately due to pressure from senior World Bank officials. In September 2021, the World Bank officially announced that it would discontinue the Doing Business report. The decision came after the findings of the investigation, which detailed significant ethical concerns, particularly with regards to the manipulation of rankings for political and economic reasons.

= Tables In IFs: B-READY =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Years
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!UsedInPreprocessor
!Name in Source
!Code in Source
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessInsolvency
|Measures the strength of insolvency rules, supporting institutions, and the time/cost efficiency of liquidating or restructuring firms
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Insolvency
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessLocation
|Measures how effectively businesses can obtain a location to operate (buy, lease, or build) including property transfer and permitting
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Location
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBBusinessEntry
|Measures how easy and efficient it is to legally register and start operating a new limited liability company.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Business Entry
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBDisputeResolution
|Measures the legal framework, court/ADR services, and time/cost/reliability of resolving commercial disputes and enforcing decisions.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Dispute Resolution
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBFinancialServices
|Measures how well firms can access and use finance—including lending, secured transactions, credit information, and e-payments—through rules, services, and efficiency
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Financial Services
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBInternationalTrade
|Measures how supportive trade rules, infrastructure/border management, and compliance time/cost are for trading goods, services, and digital trade
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|International Trade
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBLabor
|Measures the quality of labor regulations, labor-related public services, and how efficiently labor rules work in practice for firms and workers.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Labor
|NULL
|-
|BusReadyWBTaxation
|Measures the quality of tax rules, tax administration services, and how effectively taxes are implemented in practice for businesses.
|2024-2025
|NULL
|0
|Taxation
|NULL
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions: B-READY =
= Tables In IFs: Doing Business Report =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Years
!UsedInPreprocessor
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!Name In Source
!Code In Source
|-
|GovWBDoingBusConstructionPermitDays
|The number of days need to get a construction permit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) construct permits
|IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusConstructionPermitProcedures
|Number of procedures needed to get a construction permit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) construct permit
|IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainExportCostUSDNew
|Cost of exporting one container in USD - border cost + documentation cost
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.EXPT.COST.BRDR.COMP.CD.DB1619 & TRD.ACRS.BRDR.EXPT.COST.DOC.COMP.CD.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainImportCostUSDNew
|Cost of importing one container in USD - border cost + documentation cost
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.COST.BRDR.COMP.CD.DB1619 & TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.COST.DOC.COMP.CD.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD
|Cost of exporting one container in USD
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Cost to export (US$ per container) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD
|Cost of importing one container in USD
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Cost to import (US$ per container) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusContractEnforceDays
|Number of days required to enforce a contract
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days)- enforcing contracts
|ENF.CONT.DURS.DY
|-
|GovWBDoingBusCostClose
|Average cost of closing a business in percent of estate
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Cost (% of estate)-resolving insolvency
|RESLV.ISV.COST.ZS
|-
|GovWBDoingBusCreditTransparency
|World Bank index on the depth of credit information (0-6)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Transparency of information index (0–6) reg prop
|IC.CRED.ACC.DPTH.CISI.XD.06.DB0514
|-
|GovWBDoingBusDirectorLiability
|World Bank index on the extent of director liability
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Extent of director liability index (0-10)-min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.IC.PRIN.EXT.DIR.LGL.010.XD
|-
|GovWBDoingBusDisclosureIndex
|World Bank index on the extent of disclosure
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Extent of disclosure index (0-10)- min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.EXT.BUS.DISC.010.XD
|-
|GovWBDoingBusEmpRigiIndex
|World Bank index on the rigidity of employment
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusExportDocumentationNeeded
|Number of documents needed to export
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Documents to export (number) old methodology- trade
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.DOCS.EXPT.NO.DB0615
|-
|GovWBDoingBusHiringDiffIndex
|World Bank index documenting the difficulty in hiring workers 0-100
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDays
|Number of days required to import
|2006-2014
|0
|
|Time to import (days) old methodology-trade
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDaysNew
|Number of days required to import - border + doc
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.BRDR.COMP.HR.DB1619&TRD.ACRS.BRDR.IMP.DOC.COMP.HR.DB1619
|-
|GovWBDoingBusImportDocumentationNeeded
|Number of documents needed to import
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Documents to import (number) old methodology-trade
|TRD.ACRS.BRDR.DOCS.IMP.NO.DB0615
|-
|GovWBDoingBusInvestorProtection
|World bank index measuring the strength of investor protection (0-10)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Strength of investor protection index (0-10) old methodology-min investor protect
|PROT.MINOR.INV.STRENG.INV.PROT.XD.010.DB0614
|-
|GovWBDoingBusLegalRightsStrengthIndex
|World Bank index of the strength of legal rights, getting credit (0-10)
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Strength of legal rights index (0-10) old methodology-getting credit
|IC.CRED.ACC.LGL.RGHT.XD.010.DB0514
|-
|GovWBDoingBusPropertyProceduresRequired
|Number of procedures required to register for property
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) reg prop
|IC.REG.PRRT.PROC.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusRedundancyCostperWeekSalary
|Cost of firing a worker (in weeks of salary)
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusRedundancyIndex
|World Bank index on the difficulty in firing a worker
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTax%Profit
|Total tax rate as a percentage of profit
|2004-2019
|0
|
|
|PAY.TAX.TOT.TAX.RT.ZS
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTaxHoursperPerson
|Number of hours per year a person works to pay taxes
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (hours per year)-paying taxes
|PAY.TAX.TM
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTimeClose
|Average number of years needed to close a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (years)- resolving insolevency
|RESLV.ISV.DURS.YR
|-
|GovWBDoingBusTotalTaxRate
|The total tax rate expressed as a share of commercial profits.
|2005-2016
|0
|
|Total tax rate (% of commercial profit)
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessProcedures
|Number of procedures required to start a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Procedures (number) starting a bus
|IC.REG.PROC.MA.NO
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessPropRegDays
|Number of days required to registar property
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) reg prop
|IC.REG.PRRT.DURS.TM
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessRanking
|Total overall ranking of ease of doing business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Ease of Doing Business Rank
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessStartDays
|Number of days required to start a business
|2004-2019
|0
|
|Time (days) starting a bus
|IC.REG.DURS.MA.DY
|-
|GovBusinessRegulationIndex
|A composit index of business environment indicators. Higher indicates a greater ease of doing business.
|2004-2010
|1
|SOCIOPOL
|
|
|-
|GovBetterBusinessIndex
|A composit index of bussness environment indicators. Higher indicates a greater regulatory burden on business.
|2004-2010
|0
|
|
|
|-
|GovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting
|Cost of registring a business as a percent of per capita income
|2003-2019
|1
|SOCIOPOL
|Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita)
|
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions: Doing Business =
#The data can be accessed from the World Bank’s Doing Business database page http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/doing-business-database. By clicking on the tab entitled "Data & Resources", the raw data can be downloaded either through CSV format or Excel format.
#Using Excel files as an example, the file contains three sheets with the names Data, Series, and Footnote. The Doing Business data was acquired from the Data tab. Prior to importing the data into the IFs, the raw data needs some pre-processing. The first step is to concord the country names with the IFs country names since the IFs does not have a specific country concordance list for Doing Business data. Then, the next step is to separate the data into several individual files based on different series. After those two procedures, the data should be ready for import.
#One thing to note in the country concordance process is that there are some sub-areas in the data (e.g., China - Beijing). Those data should be ignored since we only care about the data in certain countries. However, data for areas like 'Hong Kong, China' would be different, we actually need the data for that. Thus, to differentiate from sub-areas and main areas, you should look for that dash symbol '-' (i.e., China - Beijing would be treated as a sub-area).
#Certain series we had in the system are not being measured in the Doing Business data. Thus, series that were not included in the original downloaded data were typically not updated. Since the organization constantly updates their data and methodology each year, some series will not be concordant through years. Those series will need to be handled carefully.
#Series that were not updated are as follows (11 series in total): BetterBusinessIndex, BusinessRegulationIndex, ConstructionPermitDays, ConstructionPermitProcedures, EmpRigiIndex, ExportDocumentationNeeded, ImportDocumentationNeeded, HiringDiffIndex, RedundancyCostperWeekSalary, RedundancyIndex, TotalTaxRate. Note that the Tax%Profit series was updated using the "Total tax rate (% of profit)" in the raw downloaded data.
#Series that have been updated but need to be put on hold due to inconsistency in values through years are: SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD, SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD, SeriesGovWBDoingBusCreditTransparency, SeriesGovWBDoingBusImportDays, SeriesGovWBDoingBusLegalRightsStrengthIndex. Those 5 series in the most recent updated data only cover the years 2014-2017 while data in IFs covers 2006-2014. Moreover, the values in the overlapping year 2014 differ so much that we might need to create them as new series.
'''GovWBDoingBusImportDays; SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerImportCostUSD; SeriesGovWBDoingBusContainerExportCostUSD.'''

GovWBDoingBusContainExportCostUSDNew, calculated by adding the Documentary compliance and Border compliance costs for import together.

GovWBDoingBusContainImportCostUSDNew, calculated by <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,arial,verdana,"trebuchet ms" ; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: -webkit-text-stroke-width: white-space: word-spacing: 0px;">adding the Documentary compliance and Border compliance costs for export together.

GovWBDoingBusImportDaysNew, calculated by adding <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,arial,verdana,"trebuchet ms" ; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: -webkit-text-stroke-width: white-space: word-spacing: 0px;">the Documentary compliance and Border compliance time for import together.

= Data Pulling Instructions: Doing Business Report 2024 Update =
'''For the 2024 update, the Doing Business project faced criticism and was discontinued in 2021.'''

We updated 1 series in preprocessor, '''GovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting.'''

* Download archive corrected data from https://archive.doingbusiness.org/en/doingbusiness[[File:Image dobu 1.png|none|thumb|878x878px]]
* Open the downloaded file and in the "All Data" tab, find the Cost - Men (% of income per capita) and Cost - Women (% of income per capita) under Starting a business.[[File:Image dobu 2.png|none|thumb|1005x1005px]]
* Take an average of the 2 columns listed above to get the new values.
* Compare the new values with the values in IFs.
* Blend in the new values to the values in IFs followed by 2 rules:
** If he new values are null, then use the values in IFs to fill the null.
** If the new values are not null, then use the new values.
* The final series contains values from 2003 to 2020.

= Data Notes =

World Economic Outlook, IMF

2026-01-22T19:45:21Z

Henok.Feleke:

<div style = "display:flex; flex-flow: column wrap; text-align: left;">
= Summary =
The IMFWEO (International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook) Report is a survey conducted by the IMF staff that is published twice a year both in report and database format. The historical data and projections are based on the information gathered by the IMF country desk officers in the context of their missions to IMF member countries and through their ongoing analysis of the evolving situation in each country. Historical data are updated on a bi-annual basis, typically in April and September/October, as more information becomes available. IMF staff estimates serve as proxies for historical series when complete information is unavailable. As a result, WEO data can differ from other sources with official data, including the IMF’s International Financial Statistics.

= Tables In IFs =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!UsedInPreprocessor
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!Code in Source
|-
|GovtGenGDebt%GDPFM
|Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP
|0
|
|GGXWDG_NGDP.A
|-
|GovtGenNDebt%GDPFM
|Net debt, General government, Percent of GDP
|0
|
|GGXWDN_NGDP.A
|-
|GovtGenExp%GDPFM
|Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP
|1
|ECONOMY
|GGX_NGDP.A
|-
|GovtGenRev%GDPFM
|Revenue, General government, Percent of GDP
|1
|ECONOMY
|GGR_NGDP.A
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions =
'''Step 1:''' To pull WEO data, first navigate to the [https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/SPROLLs/world-economic-outlook-databases#sort=%40imfdate%20descending WEO Databases] page [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 193435.png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF WEO Database website]]'''Step 2:''' To pull the most recent data (October 2025). Click on the anchor text '''IMF Data Portal.''' [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 .png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF WEO Database Website]]'''Step 3:''' After getting to the IMF Data Portal, Click on the '''View Data''' button. [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 195816.png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF Data Platform]]

'''Step 4:''' After clicking the View Data, you'll be at the IMF WEO data page. From there you can adjust the filters(like Indicator, Country, Time Period...etc). Then you can click download. [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 202817.png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF WEO Data]]

'''Optional(After Step 1):''' If you want pull specific years dataset Scroll down and click the Database with the month and year desired (ex. October 2016). After adjusting the filters, you can go a head and download the data by clicking on the '''Download''' button.[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 02.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|IMFWEO Database Selection Screen]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 03.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Report Main Page]]

Scroll down to the heading titled Download WEO Data and click By Countries for country-level data[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 04.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Report Data Type Selection]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 05.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Group Selection]]

Scroll down and click All Countries[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 06.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Group Selection]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 07.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Selection Page]]

Scroll down to select countries. You can either pre-select all countries in the IFs Country Concordance or click Select All and remove non-IFs countries later, then click Continue[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 08.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Selection Page]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 09.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Subject Selection Page]]

Scroll down to view available subjects and select the subject in the units desired (ex. Gross domestic product, constant prices in percent change)[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 10.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Subject Selection Page]]
Once a subject is selected, the page will look like this:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 11.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Subject Selection Page]]
Click Continue and you will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 12.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Data Range Selection Page]]

Use the dropdowns to select the desired data range (ex. 1980-2022) and adjust any advanced options as needed (ex. if ISO Country Codes will be used for Concordance)[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 14.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Data Range & Advanced Options Selection Page]]
After you've selected your data range and adjusted advanced options, click Prepare Report and you will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 15.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Report Download Page]]

Click Download Report to begin downloading the data, which will download in an .xls format

= Data Notes =
If you are downloading the excel or CSV file for the data, some countries spelling gets messed up (ex. CÃ´te d'Ivoire, "SÃ£o TomÃ© and PrÃncipe", TÃ¼rkiye) and need to be changed to match to the IMF WEO Countries naming conventions before importing them to the IFs Database.

World Economic Outlook, IMF

2026-01-22T03:46:00Z

Henok.Feleke: /* Data Pulling Instructions */

<div style = "display:flex; flex-flow: column wrap; text-align: left;">
= Summary =
The IMFWEO (International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook) Report is a survey conducted by the IMF staff that is published twice a year both in report and database format. The historical data and projections are based on the information gathered by the IMF country desk officers in the context of their missions to IMF member countries and through their ongoing analysis of the evolving situation in each country. Historical data are updated on a bi-annual basis, typically in April and September/October, as more information becomes available. IMF staff estimates serve as proxies for historical series when complete information is unavailable. As a result, WEO data can differ from other sources with official data, including the IMF’s International Financial Statistics.

= Tables In IFs =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!UsedInPreprocessor
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!Code in Source
|-
|GovtGenGDebt%GDPFM
|Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP
|0
|
|GGXWDG_NGDP.A
|-
|GovtGenNDebt%GDPFM
|Net debt, General government, Percent of GDP
|0
|
|GGXWDN_NGDP.A
|-
|GovtGenExp%GDPFM
|Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP
|1
|ECONOMY
|GGX_NGDP.A
|-
|GovtGenRev%GDPFM
|Revenue, General government, Percent of GDP
|1
|ECONOMY
|GGR_NGDP.A
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions =
'''Step 1:''' To pull WEO data, first navigate to the [https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/SPROLLs/world-economic-outlook-databases#sort=%40imfdate%20descending WEO Databases] page [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 193435.png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF WEO Database website]]'''Step 2:''' To pull the most recent data (October 2025). Click on the anchor text '''IMF Data Portal.''' [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 .png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF WEO Database Website]]'''Step 3:''' After getting to the IMF Data Portal, Click on the '''View Data''' button. [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 195816.png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF Data Platform]]

'''Step 4:''' After clicking the View Data, you'll be at the IMF WEO data page. From there you can adjust the filters(like Indicator, Country, Time Period...etc). [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 202817.png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF WEO Data]]

'''Optional(After Step 1):''' If you want pull specific years dataset Scroll down and click the Database with the month and year desired (ex. October 2016). After adjusting the filters, you can go a head and download the data by clicking on the '''Download''' button.[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 02.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|IMFWEO Database Selection Screen]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 03.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Report Main Page]]

Scroll down to the heading titled Download WEO Data and click By Countries for country-level data[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 04.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Report Data Type Selection]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 05.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Group Selection]]

Scroll down and click All Countries[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 06.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Group Selection]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 07.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Selection Page]]

Scroll down to select countries. You can either pre-select all countries in the IFs Country Concordance or click Select All and remove non-IFs countries later, then click Continue[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 08.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Selection Page]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 09.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Subject Selection Page]]

Scroll down to view available subjects and select the subject in the units desired (ex. Gross domestic product, constant prices in percent change)[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 10.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Subject Selection Page]]
Once a subject is selected, the page will look like this:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 11.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Subject Selection Page]]
Click Continue and you will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 12.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Data Range Selection Page]]

Use the dropdowns to select the desired data range (ex. 1980-2022) and adjust any advanced options as needed (ex. if ISO Country Codes will be used for Concordance)[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 14.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Data Range & Advanced Options Selection Page]]
After you've selected your data range and adjusted advanced options, click Prepare Report and you will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 15.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Report Download Page]]

Click Download Report to begin downloading the data, which will download in an .xls format

= Data Notes =
If you are downloading the excel or CSV file for the data, some countries spelling gets messed up (ex. CÃ´te d'Ivoire, "SÃ£o TomÃ© and PrÃncipe", TÃ¼rkiye) and need to be changed to matched to the IMF WEO Countries naming conventions before importing them to the IFs Database.

World Economic Outlook, IMF

2026-01-22T03:43:55Z

Henok.Feleke: Updated the info based on recent pulls

<div style = "display:flex; flex-flow: column wrap; text-align: left;">
= Summary =
The IMFWEO (International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook) Report is a survey conducted by the IMF staff that is published twice a year both in report and database format. The historical data and projections are based on the information gathered by the IMF country desk officers in the context of their missions to IMF member countries and through their ongoing analysis of the evolving situation in each country. Historical data are updated on a bi-annual basis, typically in April and September/October, as more information becomes available. IMF staff estimates serve as proxies for historical series when complete information is unavailable. As a result, WEO data can differ from other sources with official data, including the IMF’s International Financial Statistics.

= Tables In IFs =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!UsedInPreprocessor
!UsedInPreprocessorFileName
!Code in Source
|-
|GovtGenGDebt%GDPFM
|Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP
|0
|
|GGXWDG_NGDP.A
|-
|GovtGenNDebt%GDPFM
|Net debt, General government, Percent of GDP
|0
|
|GGXWDN_NGDP.A
|-
|GovtGenExp%GDPFM
|Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP
|1
|ECONOMY
|GGX_NGDP.A
|-
|GovtGenRev%GDPFM
|Revenue, General government, Percent of GDP
|1
|ECONOMY
|GGR_NGDP.A
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions =
'''Step 1:''' To pull WEO data, first navigate to the [https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/SPROLLs/world-economic-outlook-databases#sort=%40imfdate%20descending WEO Databases] page [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 193435.png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF WEO Database website]]'''Step 2:''' To pull the most recent data (October 2025). Click on the anchor text '''IMF Data Portal.''' [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 .png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF WEO Database Website]]'''Step 3:''' After getting to the IMF Data Portal, Click on the '''View Data''' button. [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 195816.png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF Data Platform]]

'''Step 4:''' After clicking the View Data, you'll be at the IMF WEO data page. From there you can adjust the filters(like Indicator, Country, Time Period...etc). [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 202817.png|center|thumb|800x800px|IMF WEO Data]]

'''Optional(After Step 1):''' If you want pull specific years dataset Scroll down and click the Database with the month and year desired (ex. October 2016)[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 02.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|IMFWEO Database Selection Screen]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 03.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Report Main Page]]

Scroll down to the heading titled Download WEO Data and click By Countries for country-level data[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 04.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Report Data Type Selection]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 05.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Group Selection]]

Scroll down and click All Countries[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 06.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Group Selection]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 07.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Selection Page]]

Scroll down to select countries. You can either pre-select all countries in the IFs Country Concordance or click Select All and remove non-IFs countries later, then click Continue[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 08.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Country Selection Page]]

You will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 09.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Subject Selection Page]]

Scroll down to view available subjects and select the subject in the units desired (ex. Gross domestic product, constant prices in percent change)[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 10.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Subject Selection Page]]
Once a subject is selected, the page will look like this:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 11.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Subject Selection Page]]
Click Continue and you will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 12.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Data Range Selection Page]]

Use the dropdowns to select the desired data range (ex. 1980-2022) and adjust any advanced options as needed (ex. if ISO Country Codes will be used for Concordance)[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 14.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Data Range & Advanced Options Selection Page]]
After you've selected your data range and adjusted advanced options, click Prepare Report and you will be navigated to this page:[[File:IMFWEO IMG STEP 15.jpg|center|thumb|750x750px|Report Download Page]]

Click Download Report to begin downloading the data, which will download in an .xls format

= Data Notes =
If you are downloading the excel or CSV file for the data, some countries spelling gets messed up (ex. CÃ´te d'Ivoire, "SÃ£o TomÃ© and PrÃncipe", TÃ¼rkiye) and need to be changed to matched to the IMF WEO Countries naming conventions before importing them to the IFs Database.

File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 202817.png

2026-01-22T03:31:04Z

Henok.Feleke:

IMF WEO Data

File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 195816.png

2026-01-22T03:20:26Z

Henok.Feleke:

IMF Data Platform

File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 .png

2026-01-22T02:55:59Z

Henok.Feleke:

IMF WEO database website

File:Screenshot 2026-01-21 193435.png

2026-01-22T02:36:19Z

Henok.Feleke:

IMF WEO Databases website