The reforms submitted were initiatives undertaken by the various government agencies in partnership with the private sector on the following areas of business:

• Starting a business – Procedures, time, cost, and minimum capital to open a new business
• Dealing with construction permits – Procedures, time, and cost to build a warehouse
• Getting electricity – procedures, time, and cost required for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection for a newly constructed warehouse
• Registering property – Procedures, time, and cost to register commercial real estate
• Getting credit – Strength of legal rights index, depth of credit information index
• Protecting investors – Indices on the extent of disclosure, extent of director liability, and ease of shareholder suits
• Paying taxes – Number of taxes paid, hours per year spent preparing tax returns, and total tax payable as share of gross profit
• Trading across borders – Number of documents, cost, and time necessary to export and import
• Enforcing contracts – Procedures, time, and cost to enforce a debt contract
• Resolving insolvency – The time, cost, and recovery rate (%) under bankruptcy proceedings