Governing effectiveness is the foundation of a country’s state development and it triggers progress in all key areas: security, economic and social context, as well as environmental matters.
In the aftermath of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake of 2010, Haiti was left more or less in ruins and had to embark on an arduous reconstruction journey, starting with its infrastructure and ending with reforming its entire public and social system.
A recent International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) & The World Bank report, Doing Business 2011: Making a difference for entrepreneurs, presents a series of quantitative indicators on business regulation and the protection of property rights in 183 economies, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. This year’s edition is the eighth in a series of annual reports benchmarking the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.