Which one of the following is not a sub-index of the World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business Index'?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (a) Maintenance of law and order
Maintenance of law and order is not one of the ten areas the World Bank's Doing Business ranking measured. Paying taxes, registering property and dealing with construction permits are all among the ten.
- ✓ (a) The ten areas in the ease of doing business score were: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. Law and order is not on the list.
- ✗ (b) Paying taxes is one of the ten areas.
- ✗ (c) Registering property is one of the ten areas.
- ✗ (d) Dealing with construction permits is one of the ten areas.
- • Since then After data irregularities were found in Doing Business 2018 and 2020, the World Bank Group discontinued the Doing Business report in September 2021; no new rankings have been published.
Remember · Doing Business had ten indicators (starting a business to resolving insolvency); law and order was never one. The World Bank discontinued the report in September 2021.
Sources
- World Bank, Doing Business: About Us (archive) ↗ · reference work “Ten of these areas—starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency—are included in the ease of doing business score”
- World Bank Group statement, 16 Sept 2021: World Bank Group to Discontinue Doing Business Report ↗ “After data irregularities on Doing Business 2018 and 2020 were reported internally in June 2020, World Bank management paused the next Doing Business report and initiated a series of reviews and audits of the report and its methodology.”
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