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Reproducibility package for Business Ready 2025

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FR_WLD_2025_523
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World Bank
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Dec 29, 2025
Last modified
Dec 29, 2025
  • Overview
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    • Overview

    Abstract

    Business Ready (B-READY) is a corporate flagship report, providing a quantitative assessment of the business environment. The B-READY 2025 report is the second of three during the rollout phase, and it presents data and emerging messages from 101 economies that represent all income levels and geographic regions around the world.

    Reproducibility Package

    Scripts
    Get Reproducibility Package
    File name
    FR2_WLD_2025_523
    Zip package
    FR2_WLD_2025_523.zip
    Title
    Reproducibility package for Business Ready 2025 Report
    Date
    2025-12
    Dependencies
    Stata dependencies are listed in the ado folder.
    Instructions
    See README in reproducibility package.
    Notes
    Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DECDI) Analytics team, World Bank.
    Source code repository
    Repository name URI
    Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank) https://reproducibility.worldbank.org
    Software
    Name
    Stata
    Version
    18.5 MP

    Reproducibility

    Technology environment

    Paper exhibits were reproduced on a computer with the following specifications:
    • OS: Windows 11 Enterprise, version 24H2
    • Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 165U (2.10 GHz)
    • Memory available: 32 GB
    Technology requirements

    Runtime: 35 minutes
    Reproduction instructions

    1. Access the data: one of the datasets required to run the reproducibility package is restricted and not included in the reproducibility package. Users need to gain access to the data before being able to run the entire code. See the section Datasets for more information.
    2. Run the code:

    • Change the file path in "03_Code/00_master.do" and run it
    • Change the file path in "03_Code/07_BREADY_2025_Figures_Tables/02_Code/00_Master.do" and run it

    Since not all the data are included, the package includes the results produced in the reproducibility verification. These files can be used to review the results presented in the paper.

    Data

    Datasets
    Name
    Business Ready 2025 Expert Surveys
    Note
    Source: World Bank. Data was collected by the study authors. Data files: "01_Raw/01_Aggregated/BReady_Aggregate.xlsx", "01_Raw/01_Aggregated/fs_ci_prep.xlsx". Data was accessed in April 2025.
    Access policy
    Data is included in the reproducibility package and forthcoming in the World Bank Development Data Hub.
    Citation
    World Bank. 2025. "Business Ready 2025 Expert Surveys" [dataset]. Forthcoming in the World Bank Development Data Hub. Accessed April 2025.
    Name
    World Bank Enterprise Surveys - Aggregated Indicators
    Note
    Source: World Bank. Data files: "01_Raw/02_ES/WBES Indicators_economy-level_2025-09-11.dta". Data was accessed in September 2025. The data is included in the reproducibility package, but users can reconstruct the same dataset by going to the custom query link below, selecting All Economies, and the option All the indicators used in B-READY.
    Access policy
    Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.
    License
    CC-BY 4.0 with additional terms specified in the license URL
    License URL
    https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/legal/terms-of-use-for-datasets
    Data URL
    https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/en/custom-query
    Citation
    World Bank. n.d. "World Bank Enterprise Surveys - Aggregated Indicators" [dataset]. Downloaded from https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/en/custom-query. Accessed September 2025.
    Name
    World Bank Enterprise Surveys
    Note
    Source: World Bank. Data files: "03_Code/07_BREADY_2025_Figures_Tables/00_Input data/Firm_Level_TFP_Estimates_and_Factor_Ratios_July_21_2025.dta". Data was accessed in July 2025. The dataset is constantly updated and the currently available version might not coincide with the version used by the authors, but any currently available version should work to run the code.
    Access policy
    Data access requires human approval and is not included in the reproducibility package
    Data URL
    https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/
    Citation
    World Bank. 2025. "World Bank Enterprise Surveys" [dataset]. Downloaded from https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/. Accessed September 2025.
    Name
    World Bank Country and Lending Groups
    Note
    Source: World Bank. The version accessed was for the 2025 fiscal year. Data file: "01_Raw/03_Topic_Data/CLASS.xlsx". Accessed July 2025.
    Access policy
    Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.
    License
    CC-BY 4.0 with additional terms specified in the license URL
    License URL
    https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/legal/terms-of-use-for-datasets
    Data URL
    https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups
    Citation
    World Bank. 2024. "World Bank Country and Lending Groups" [dataset]. 2025 fiscal year. Downloaded from https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups. Accessed July 2025.
    Name
    World Development Indicators
    Note
    Source: World Bank. Data files: "01_Raw/03_Topic_Data/GDPpc_2023.dta", "01_Raw/03_Topic_Data/Global_variables.dta", "01_Raw/03_Topic_Data/GV_2024_CLEAN_2025-09-08.xlsx", "01_Raw/03_Topic_Data/WDIEXCEL.xlsx", "01_Raw/03_Topic_Data/B-READY 2025 Report_Taxonomy.dta", "01_Raw/03_Topic_Data/B-READY 2025 Report_Taxonomy.xlsx", "01_Raw/03_Topic_Data/Missing GDPpc Data for DECIG.xlsx", "03_Code/07_BREADY_2025_Figures_Tables/00_Input_Data/WDI_BREADY_20250423.dta", "03_Code/07_BREADY_2025_Figures_Tables/00_Input_Data/Bready_2025_labor_prod_data". Data was accessed in April 2025.
    Access policy
    Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.
    License
    CC-BY 4.0 with additional terms specified in the license URL
    License URL
    https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/legal/terms-of-use-for-datasets
    Data URL
    https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators
    Citation
    World Bank. n.d. "World Development Indicators" [dataset]. https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators. Accessed April 2025.
    Name
    Special Drawing Rights (SDR) Valuation
    Note
    Source: International Monetary Fund. Data file: "01_Raw/03_Topic_Data/USD_SDR_Conversion_History_IMF.xlsx". Data was accessed in April 2025.
    Access policy
    Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.
    License URL
    https://www.imf.org/en/about/copyright-and-terms
    Data URL
    https://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/data/rms_sdrv.aspx
    Citation
    International Monetary Fund. n.d. "Special Drawing Rights (SDR) Valuation" [dataset]. Downloaded from https://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/data/rms_sdrv.aspx. Accessed April 2025.
    Data statement

    Some data is restricted and has not been included in the reproducibility package.

    Description

    Output
    Type
    World Bank Reports & Flagships
    Title
    Business Ready 2025
    URL
    https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready
    Authors
    Author
    World Bank
    Date of production

    2025-12-18

    Scope and coverage

    Geographic locations
    Location Code
    World WLD

    Disclaimer

    Disclaimer

    The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.

    Access and rights

    License
    Name URI
    Modified BSD3 https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Kirsten Hommann World Bank khommann@worldbank.org
    Tiffany Rongpeng Yang World Bank ryang2@worldbank.org
    Reproducibility WBG World Bank reproducibility@worldbank.org

    Information on metadata

    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    Reproducibility WBG DECDI World Bank - Development Impact Department Verification and preparation of metadata
    Date of Production

    2025-12-18
    Document version

    1
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