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Private Sector
Doing Business Data (World
Bank)
Annual data for 178 countries for 2003-2007.
Countries are ranked on their ease of doing business. The
doing business index averages a country's percentile
rankings on the following 10 topics (giving equal weight to
each topic):
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Starting a Business
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Dealing with Licenses
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Employing Workers
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Registering Property
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Getting Credit
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Protecting Investors
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Paying Taxes
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Trading Across Borders
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Enforcing Contracts
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Closing a Business
Entrepreneurship Database (World
Bank)
Includes cross-country,
time-series data on the number of total and newly registered
businesses for 100 countries over the period 2000-2007
collected directly from Registrars of Companies.
Enterprise Surveys
(World Bank)
Combines the data from the World
Bank/EBRD's Business Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPs)
and the World Bank's Investment Climate Assesments (ICAs).
Data available on more than 70,000 firms in 104 countries
for 2002-2006. Data cover business perceptions and dozens of
indicators on the quality of the business environment
including:
Key
Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) Database
(ILO)
Data from 1980 onwards on 20
labour market indicators including: employment status,
sector, and hours; characteristics of jobseekers; education;
wages; labour productivity; and working poverty.
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