Trends in Corruption and Regulatory Burden is Eastern Europe and Central Asia is part of the World Bank Studies series. These papers are published to communicate the result of the Bank's ongoing research and to stimulate public discussion.
This study uses the results of the most recent Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey. to examine trends in corruption and the burden of regulations adn administration on private sector firms in 29 Eastern European and Central Asia region in terms of incidence of corruption and the burden placed on private sector firms by administrative and other regulations. Additionally, countries that have been transitioning to democracy and market-based economies have converged with their nontransition comparator countries. This shows that the transition process is becoming less important in determining governance impediments faced by firms.