TY - BOOK ID - 136156034 TI - Entrepreneurship and Firm Formation Across Countries AU - Klapper, Leora AU - Amit, Raphael AU - Guillen, Mauro F. AU - Quesada, Juan Manuel PY - 2007 PB - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Business Environment KW - Business in Development KW - Business registration KW - Businesses KW - Capabilities KW - Competitiveness and Competition Policy KW - E-Business KW - E-mail KW - Economic Development KW - Environment KW - Environmental Economics and Policies KW - Private Sector KW - Private Sector Development KW - Public Sector Development KW - Registries KW - Regulatory environment KW - Results KW - Web UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136156034 AB - The World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey measures entrepreneurial activity around the world. The database includes cross-country, time-series data on the number of total and newly registered businesses for 84 countries. This paper finds significant relationships between entrepreneurial activity and indicators of economic and financial development and growth, the quality of the legal and regulatory environment, and governance. The analysis shows the importance of electronic registration procedures to encourage greater business registration. These results can guide effective policymaking and deliver new capabilities for identifying the impact of reforms. ER -