Which one of the following is not a sub-index of the World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business Index'?
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Answer: A. The World Bank's Doing Business index had sub-indices such as starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. Law and order was not one of them.
Watch for: Law and order affects business, so students assume it must be measured, but the index looked at regulations.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because paying taxes is a Doing Business sub-index.
- C. Wrong because registering property is a sub-index.
- D. Wrong because dealing with construction permits is a sub-index.
Source to check: World Bank, Doing Business 2019 report (doingbusiness.org); note the report was discontinued in 2021
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