Document: Supporting Business Environment Reforms

This document provides prac&cal guidance to development agencies to improve their support for business environment reforms in developing and transi&on countries, which aim at economic growth, job crea&on, poverty reduc&on and gender equality. It provides generally applicable, prac&cal guidance for development staff in the design, implementa&on and monitoring of their programmes. While there are many contested issues, a selec&on of the most significant being highlighted in the text, as well as a great deal of trial and error in the field of business environment reform, this guidance attempts to provide good principles and prac&ces based on lessons learned. This guidance has been prepared for the interna&onal development community at headquarter and field levels, but it is hoped that programme partners will also find value in it.