DCED - Business Environment

Improving the Business Environment: Inter-agency knowledge exchange

Welcome to the Donor Committee's database on business environment reform. This database will soon be shut down. The most popular documents are available on the main knowledge page for business environment reform. See also the products of the Business Environment Working Group.

Newest Entries

Short-term impacts of formalization assistance and a bank information session on business registration and access to finance in Malawi, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 2015
Posted: 16th Jul 2019
The Business Environment Reform Facility 2016-2018
Posted: 1st Jul 2019
Economic Governance and Business Environment Reform: Lessons from 10 years implementing ENABLE in Nigeria, 2017
Posted: 21st Dec 2017
What works in Business Environment Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Posted: 2nd Jun 2017
Impact of the Business Environment on Output and Productivity in Africa, AFDB, 2015
Posted: 27th Nov 2015

Synthesis Documents

Business Environment Reform and Investment Promotion and Facilitation: Rapid Evidence Assessment, DFID, October 2015
Posted: 15th Jul 2019
Business Environment Reform and Poverty: Rapid Evidence Assessment, DFID, October 2015.
Posted: 15th Jul 2019
The Business Environment Reform Facility 2016-2018
Posted: 1st Jul 2019
World Development Report 2017 - Governance and the Law
Posted: 13th Mar 2017
Leveraging the Impact of Business Environment Reform: The Contribution of Quality Infrastructure. Lessons from Practice, DCED Working Paper, 2014/ updated 2015
Posted: 7th Aug 2015
BE documents of the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development, including peer-reviewed cases from DCED Conferences.