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	Improving the Business Environment for Small Enterprises: Inter-agency information exchange

Welcome 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 460,000 page views since its launch in early 2005. For the 'sister' database on developing value chains and service markets, please click here.     News The DCED Publication Supporting Business Environment Reforms: Practical Guidance for Development Agencies is now available in English and Spanish; the key messages are also available in French. For a complete listing of toolkits on this site, click here. Another site of particular interest is the World Bank's Business Environment Snapshots - a one-stop guide to BE indicators, laws and World Bank Group project information for 151 countries. Other important links include www.PublicPrivateDialogue.org, www.DoingBusiness.org and the ILO's database on Small enterprise definitions, policies, laws and regulations.   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 In addition to acting as an inter-agency database for sharing information, this site is also the official repository for the case studies and other material being generated by the Business Environment Working Group of the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development.   Selected links to other Business Environment sites.       The Donor Committee Conference on BE Reform in Africa, Accra, 2007 Click on the link, above, for the Presentations and Papers from the Committee's 2007 Conference in Accra, on the subject of Business Environment reform in Africa; a short Overview is available here. To view the Papers and presentations from the Asia Conference in Bangkok (2006), click here. For the Papers and presentations from the global Conference in Cairo (2005), click here. A Google maps key has been added to the Bangkok Conference page, and is currently being developed for the Accra Conference page.   New to work on Business Environment reform? This link will be used in future to post introductory and background guides.

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