The following are the latest papers and reports from fpd knowledge center:

1. "Doing Business in Indonesia 2010" 2. "Paying Taxes 2010 - The Global Picture" 3. Remittance data is now available in Arabic, Portuguese, Chinese, and Russian 4. Two new updates were added to the PPI website 5. Enterprise Surveys expanded its coverage

             1. DOING BUSINESS IN INDONESIA 2010

 For the first time, Doing Business goes beyond Jakarta to compare 14 cities within Indonesia and identify opportunities for collaboration between national and local governments to cut red tape and reduce the cost of doing business. The report suggests that cities in Indonesia can learn from each other and adopt good practices that are already working within the country. Read more...[3]

             2. PAYING TAXES 2010 - THE GLOBAL PICTURE In collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Doing Business has produced a report which provides data on business tax rates, tax reform and the administrative burden of paying corporate taxes in 183 countries. Between June 2008 and May 2009, 45 economies made it easier to pay taxes as measured by Doing Business, almost 25% more than in the previous year. Read more...[4] 

            3. REMITTANCE DATA IS NOW AVAILABLE IN ARABIC, PORTUGUESE, CHINESE, AND RUSSIAN

Track the price of remittances in 167 corridors, in eight different languages. Read more...[5]

             4. TWO NEW UPDATES WERE ADDED TO THE PPI WEBSITE  

 - Private activity in infrastructure is down, but still around peak levels[6]    

- Investment commitments to telecommunications continued at peak levels in 2008[7]

              5. ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPANDED ITS COVERAGE TO TOGO, AND UDATED SURVEY WORK IN THREE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN ECONOMIES

 Enterprise Surveys coverage has been expanded its coverage to Togo[8] and updated survey work in Benin[9], Niger[10], and Burkina Faso[11].  

View academic and public policy papers[12] that utilize Enterprise Survey data.                   To view the HTML version of this e-newsletter, please click here[13] For any questions or comments, please email us at rru@worldbank.org[14] If you wish to stop receiving our newsletter, please send a blank email to rru@worldbank.org[15] with 'UN-SUBSCRIBE' followed by your email address in the Subject line.          

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[1] http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/FinancialCrisis/?cid=1295

[2] http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/FinancialCrisis/?cid=1295

[3] http://www.doingbusiness.org/Subnational/exploreeconomies/Indonesia-2010.aspx?cid=1295

[4] http://www.doingbusiness.org/features/taxes2010.aspx?cid=1295

[5] http://remittanceprices.worldbank.org/?cid=1295

[6] http://ppi.worldbank.org/features/November2009/2008GlobalDataLaunch.pdf?cid=1295

[7] http://ppi.worldbank.org/features/November2009/2008TelecomDataLaunch.pdf?cid=1295

[8] http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/ExploreEconomies/?economyid=187&year=2009&cid=1295

[9] http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/ExploreEconomies/?economyid=22&year=2009&cid=1295

[10] http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/ExploreEconomies/?economyid=142&year=2009&cid=1295

[11] http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/ExploreEconomies/?economyid=31&year=2009&cid=1295

[12] http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/documents/Research-used-in-different-studies.xls [13] http://rru.worldbank.org/Newsletter/rru_newsletter_Dec09.html?cid=1295

[14] mailto:rru@worldbank.org

[15] mailto:rru@worldbank.org

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