Every year, the WorldBank assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 183 economies and ranks the economies in 10 areas of business regulation, such as starting a business, resolving insolvency and trading across borders.

Key findings:

• Singapore led on the overall ease of doing business, followed by Hong Kong, New Zealand, the United States and Denmark.
• South-Korea was a new entrant to the top 10.
• Morocco improved its business regulation the most compared to other global economies, climbing 21 places to 94.
• China, India and Russia are among the economies that improved the most last 5 years.
• The Netherlands is at place 31.

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