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	Improving the Business Environment: Inter-agency information exchange

Welcome to the inter-agency database of the Donor Committee's Business Environment Working Group. The database is used to share documents and information about donor-supported work to enhance the business environment to achieve pro-poor growth - with a particular focus on aspects of the Business Environment that discriminate against small firms. The site has had over 785,000 page views since its launch in early 2005. For the 'sister' database on developing value chains and service markets, please click here. The DCED Publication Supporting Business Environment Reforms: Practical Guidance for Development Agencies is now available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.     For a complete listing of toolkits on this site, click here. Other sites of particular interest include: - the new WBG investment climate reform portal - the WBG Enterprise Surveys - the World Bank's Business Environment Snapshots - www.PublicPrivateDialogue.org - www.DoingBusiness.org - the ILO's database on Small enterprise definitions, policies, laws and regulations - USAID's BizCliR site and - CGAP's Financial Inclusion Regulation Center.   Business Environment Reform: Project Phases The structure of this site is built around the following Phases in the 'Life Cycle' of a typical Business Environment Programme or Project: B.E. Assessment  »  Project Design  »  Implementation  »  Impact Assessment  »  Final Documentation Each of these Phases has its own 'home page', which you can access by clicking on the relevant box, above. Or you can click on Search   'Global' documents and events Documents and events that synthesise experiences across countries.   BE documents of the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development Click on the link above to list only entries relating to the DCED, including particularly peer-reviewed cases from recent DCED Conferences.   Selected links to other Business Environment sites.       The Donor Committee Conference on BE Reform and the Informal Economy, Cape Town, April 2010 The DCED held a Conference on Business Environment Reform and the Informal Economy, in Cape Town, South Africa, April 2010. Click on the link above for the main page for this event.   New to Business Environment Reform? Click here for links to a few introductory resources. .

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