Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency

Twelfth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2015 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: 
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\n•\tStarting a business; 
\n•\tDealing with construction permits;
\n•\tGetting electricity;
\n•\tRegistering property;
\n•\tGetting credit;
\n•\tProtecting minority investors;
\n•\tPaying taxes;
\n•\tTrading across borders;
\n•\tEnforcing contracts;
\n•\tResolving insolvency.
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\nThis year's report will present data for a second city for the 11 economies with more than 100 million inhabitants. These are Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, and the United States. Three of the 10 topics covered have been expanded, with further plans to expand on five additional indicators in next year's report. Additionally, the Doing Business rankings are now based on the distance to the frontier measure where each economy is…