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• The political economy determinants of economic growth in Malawi, by J. Said and K. Singini, 2014
• Regulatory Assessment Toolkit : A Practical Methodology for Assessing Regulation on Trade and Investment in Services, World Bank, 2014
• IFC Investment Climate Assessments (2003-2012)
• Doing Business 2013: Smarter Regulations for Small and Medium Enterprises, The World Bank, 2012
• OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Indonesia 2012: Strengthening Co-ordination and Connecting Markets
• Border Posts, Checkpoints, and Intra-African Trade: Challenges and Solutions, AfDB, 2012
• Priming the Soil: Small Business in South Africa (2011)
• The Role of Regulation, Tradition and Gender in Doing Business. Case Study and Survey Report of a Two-Year Research Project in Ghana, 2011
• Competing Approaches to Measuring Business Regulation. Reducing Red Tape in Rwanda, Cologne Business Discussion Papers (Kölner Diskussionspapiere zur Wirtschaftswissenschaft) #11/1(2) (Version 2, Update from 20 March 2011), 2011
• Assessing the Business Environment for Women's Entrepreneurship Development in the Kyrgyz Republic, ILO, 2009
• Etat du développement des entreprises en Ethiopie : application de l'outil de diagnostic MEASURE, USAID, juin 2009
• Situation Analysis of the Business and Sectoral Associations in Ethiopia, PSD Hub, English and French, 2009
• The Management of Commercial Road Transport in Ethiopia, Ethiopian PSD Hub, 2009
• Cutting the Cost of Red Tape for Business Growth in Rwanda, 2008
• Position of the Business Community on the Revision of the Ethiopian Commercial Code, Ethiopia PSD Hub, 2008
• Assessing the Enabling Environment for Women in Growth Enterprises: An AfDB/ILO Integrated Framework Assessment Guide, 2007
• Accra Conference Session 1.4: Assessing Business Environments, 2007
• Accra Conference Session 1.3: Addressing Informality, 2007
• Accra Conference Session 3.3: Supporting Regulatory and Competition Reform, 2007
• Policy Review and Tools, GTZ SMEDSEP Philippines, 2004-
• Bangkok Conference Session 1.2: Assessments for Business Environment Reform, 2006
• Woord en Daad - Key Success Factors and analysis of the environment for SMEs, 2006
• Policies for PSD in Indonesia, ADB Institute, 2006
• Assessing the Quality of Viet Nam's Business Laws and Regulations, GTZ, UNDP, 2004-6
• Cairo Conference Session 1.1: Assessing the Business Environment for Small Enterprises - Latest Techniques, 2005
• Cairo Conference Session 2.1: Informal Enterprises - Informal, Unregistered, Untaxed and Critically Important to National Economies, 2005
• Toward Universal Social Protection - Private Mechanisms to Reach the Poor: Policy Issues and Research Implications, Viet Nam M4P, 2005
• Company Registration in Ethiopia, Ethiopia PSD Hub, 2005
• Business Licensing Procedures in Bocolod and Ormoc, Philippines, GTZ SMEDSEP, 2005
• Assessing Cambodia's Business Environment for Value Chain Development, IFC-MPDF, 2004
• Private Enterprise Formality and the Role of Local Government, Viet Nam, M4P, 2004
• Counting the cost of red tape, SBP South Africa, 2004
• The Impact of Land Market Proccesses on the Poor, Viet Nam, M4P 2004
• DAI pesa - Policy and Taxes in the Tanzanian Cashew Industry 2004
• European Commission-funded SPS Measures project paper on the effect of sanitary and phyto-sanitary regulations on Indian exports, 2004
• Formalizing the Vietnamese Private Sector, Taussig et al, 2004
• The Cost of Resolving Small Business Conflicts, Peru, IADB 2004
• Guide to assessing the influence of the business environment on small enterprise employment, ILO 2004
• The Enabling Environment for Business Services in Viet Nam, GTZ 2003
• Gaining momentum: The state of regulatory best practice in Africa, SBP, 2003
• The State of Regulatory Best Practice Initiatives in South Africa, SBP, DFID, September 2003
• South Africa Foundation, Designing a Regulatory Impact Assessment for South Africa, August 2003
• Review of experiences in small enterprise policy reform in UR Tanzania, 2002
• Indigenous PSD and regulation in Africa and Central Europe, Bannock et al, 2002
• Review of donor-funded environment initiatives for PSD in the Caribbean, DFID, 2002
• Approaches to support the development of an enabling environment for small enterprises in Vietnam, Mallon/GTZ, 2002
• Creating a Conducive Policy Environment for Employment Creation in Small Enterprises in Vietnam, ILO, 2002
• Small business in Russia: Institutional Environment, Polishchuk / IRIS, 2001
• Un ambiente propicio al desarrollo del sector de la MYPE en el Peru, Machacuay/OIT, 2001
• Some observations on the legal and regulatory environment for SMEs in Central Asia, Klawonn 2001
• Policy Paper #9 - Turning BDS into Business, Asian Dev Bank, 2001
• The Policy Environment for Promoting SMEs in Ghana and Malawi, 2000
• Creating an enabling environment for MSE development in Thailand, White/ILO, 1999

The concept of the Business Environment is complex, and many facets are taken into account. Before identifying measures to improve it, therefore, a scan or assessment is needed, to identify the most important areas for further attention. A variety of methodologies are in use, and the results of their initial application are included below.