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The B-READY Manual and Guideline presents the protocols at all stages of the production cycle, including the initial screening of experts, data collection, data management, the production of the data and report, and their dissemination.  It has designed in consultation with the World Bank Group¡¯s Ethics and Business Conduct Department (EBC) and Group Internal Audit (GIA).

The B-READY Methodology Handbook first presents the objectives, scope, and approach of the project. It then provides a full description of the project¡¯s methodology, including motivation, indicators, questionnaires, and scoring guidelines per topic. The B-READY methodology will be subject to refinements in the first three data collection and reporting cycles, as the project expands its economy coverage and moves from pilot to full-fledged project. 

Women, Business and the Law 2023 is the ninth in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women¡¯s economic opportunity in 190 economies. It identifies barriers to women¡¯s economic participation and encourages reform of discriminatory laws. This year, the study also includes research, a literature review, and analysis of 53 years of reforms for women¡¯s rights and makes an important contribution to research and policy discussions about the state of women¡¯s economic empowerment.

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The Enterprise Analysis Unit's research aims at understanding how the business environment affects firm performance in developing countries. Data from the Enterprise Surveys serves as the primary input, complemented with similar firm-level surveys and other relevant data sources. 

Country Highlights summarize the key findings from the Enterprise Survey, including performance and business environment indicators. Analysis includes changes over time, indicator differences with the country¡¯s geographic region and to other countries with similar income levels, and differences between a country¡¯s subnational locations.

GIBs summarize key findings of formal research and data analysis conducted by DECIG staff on topics related to private sector development.

In September 2021, World Bank Group?management decided to?discontinue the?Doing Business report. However, the  website continues to be publicly available as an archive of knowledge and data.