World Bank B-READY RePort
What is Business Ready?
Business Ready (B-READY) is the World Bank Group’s flagship assessment of the global business environment. It provides comprehensive data—covering over 1,000 indicators—to evaluate how regulatory frameworks, public services, and operational efficiency shape the conditions for private sector development, investment, and job creation.
Opening Remarks
Irene Alaoui, Special Representative to the UN and the WTO, World Bank
PRESENTER
Norman Loayza, Director, Policy Indicators Group, World Bank
Norman Loayza is Director of the Policy Indicators Group at the World Bank. Programs that he leads include the institution’s flagship reports, Business Ready and Women, Business and the Law. He also leads major data and benchmarking initiatives such as Enterprise Surveys, Regulatory Efficiency, Financial Development Indicators and the Worldwide Governance Indicators. Norman previously served as Lead Economist in the Development Research Group and directed the World Development Report 2014. His work spans macroeconomic management, private sector development, and economic growth, and he holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University.
DISCUSSANT
Nathan Sussman, Full Professor, International Economics & Pictet Chair in Finance and Development, and Director, Centre for Finance and Development
Registration
Registration required.
Organisers
The event is jointly organised by the World Bank and the Centre for Finance and Development (CFD) as part of the CFD-World Bank High-Level Series on Financing for Development.
