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The Global Indicators Group is located within the Development Economics Vice Presidency.  DECIG produces primary data and analysis on private sector development, with emphasis on regulations, institutions, and policies that promote job creation, economic productivity, and gender equality. The data products emphasize reliability, relevance, and comparability, within and across economies. The goal of the data, reports, and papers produced by the Global Indicators Group is to encourage and guide social and economic reforms that promote an efficient and fair business environment. The work also feeds into research produced by academia, international organizations, and think tanks, as well as policy advocacy conducted by civil society and non-governmental organizations.

The Global Indicators Group is comprised of four major research products:

ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº¡¯s corporate flagship project, B-READY, conducts annual assessments of the global business environment. It replaces and improves upon the Doing Business project.

B-READY captures the regulatory landscape and associated public services across 10 key processes that shape a business¡¯s life cycle from entry to exit.

Enterprise Surveys provide the world's most comprehensive comparable firm-level data in emerging markets and developing economies. Data are available on 130,000+ firms in 139 countries. Data cover a broad range of business environment topics including access to finance, corruption, infrastructure, crime, competition, and performance measures. ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº¡¯s Enterprise Analysis Unit is a team of economists and firm-level survey experts that both 1) conducts Enterprise Surveys and 2) draws upon this wealth of firm-level data from developing countries to produce research on the micro-economic foundations of growth. 

Regulatory Efficiency (RE) includes two work streams focused on assessing regulatory efficiency by regions and sectors in an economy.

Subnational B-READY studies provide regional data and analysis to improve local business climates and regional convergence with best practices.

Sectoral Regulatory Efficiency Studies identify administrative and legal barriers in key industries to streamline regulations, boost competitiveness, and support reforms.

A World Bank Group flagship report, WBL provides comprehensive and comparable data on how laws, regulations, and policies affect women¡¯s economic opportunities and private sector development worldwide.

Covering 10 topics along women¡¯s economic life, it identifies legal barriers and enablers to women¡¯s participation in the economy.