USAID PRESENTATION OF NEW REPORT
DOING BUSINESS 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 18, 2009
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The U.S. Agency for International Development and the World Bank invite the media to a presentation of the findings of the joint World Bank and IFC publication, Doing Business 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times. Find out how economies in the region rank, where it is easiest to do business, and which economies reformed the most over the past year.
| WHO: |
- Jacob J. Lew, Deputy Secretary of State, Management and Resources, U.S. Department of State
- Alonzo F. Fulgham, Acting Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Agency for International Development
- David D. Nelson, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Penelope Brook, Acting Vice President, Financial and Private Sector Development, World Bank-IFC
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| WHAT: | The annual Doing Business reports catalyze policy debates and support governments in creating conditions that encourage business and job creation as well as revenue generation. Doing Business indicators, comparable across 183 economies, indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze specific regulations that enhance or constrain domestic firms. For more information, visit www.doingbusiness.org.
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| WHEN: | Thursday, September 17, 2009, at 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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| WHERE: | U.S Department of State
George C. Marshall Conference Center - East Auditorium
Please RSVP by September 16, 2009 to USAIDPressOfficers@usaid.gov
Name: XYZ; Phone: ## # ### ####; Fax: ## # ### ####; E-mail:
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| CONTACT: | Anna Norén, Communications Officer, Stockholm International Water Institute, +46 73-914 39 68, anna.noren@siwi.org
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For questions about the Doing Business report series, please contact: Nadine Ghannam at (202) 473-3011, nsghannam@ifc.org. For more information about USAID, visit www.usaid.gov
The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, have provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for nearly 50 years.
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