How accurate are the Doing Business indicators? A Pacific Island case study

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-13 DOI:10.1002/app5.313

Paul Holden, Alma Pekmezovic

引用次数: 8

Abstract

While there have been several attempts to measure the investment climate, by far the most widely recognised measure is the World Bank's Doing Business indicators (DBIs), ranking some 200 countries on their ease of doing business. Methodological criticisms have failed to dent their stature. This article is based on case studies of Pacific Island countries that demonstrate that identical reforms in different countries are assigned rankings so widely divergent that they call into question the validity of the DBIs. The findings cast doubt on targeting improved DBI rankings as a policy goal. Our case studies are the first to provide detailed country evidence supporting the criticisms levelled against the DBIs on conceptual grounds.

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《营商环境报告》的指标有多准确?太平洋岛屿案例研究

虽然有几项衡量投资环境的尝试，但迄今为止最广泛认可的衡量标准是世界银行的营商环境指标(DBIs)，该指标对约200个国家的营商环境进行了排名。方法论上的批评未能削弱他们的地位。本文基于对太平洋岛屿国家的案例研究，这些研究表明，不同国家的相同改革被分配的排名差异如此之大，以至于它们引发了对dbi有效性的质疑。研究结果对将提高DBI排名作为政策目标提出了质疑。我们的案例研究首次提供了详细的国家证据，以支持从概念上对dbi提出的批评。

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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies AREA STUDIES-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.30%

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审稿时长

6 weeks

期刊介绍： Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies is the flagship journal of the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. It is a peer-reviewed journal that targets research in policy studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific, across a discipline focus that includes economics, political science, governance, development and the environment. Specific themes of recent interest include health and education, aid, migration, inequality, poverty reduction, energy, climate and the environment, food policy, public administration, the role of the private sector in public policy, trade, foreign policy, natural resource management and development policy. Papers on a range of topics that speak to various disciplines, the region and policy makers are encouraged. The goal of the journal is to break down barriers across disciplines, and generate policy impact. Submissions will be reviewed on the basis of content, policy relevance and readability.