China and India made the top 10 list of governments that have done the most in the past year to improve the ease of doing business in their countries, the World Bank said.[WASHINGTON] China and India made the top 10 list of governments that have done the most in the past year to improve the ease of doing business in their countries, the World Bank said.
With those improvements, China leapfrogged France to take the 31st spot in the"ease of doing business" ranking, moving up 15 places, according to the World Bank report on Wednesday India landed on the most-improved list for the third year in a row, making it easier to start a business by abolishing filing fees, lowering the time and cost of seeking construction permits and making trade easier with port improvements and an improved electronic platform for submitting documents.The other eight economies where business climates improved the most were Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Togo, Bahrain, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, China, India, and Nigeria, the study found.