{"page":1,"pages":1,"per_page":"5000","total":13,"source":[{"id":"2","name":"World Development Indicators","concept":[{"id":"Series","variable":[{"id":"IC.BRE.US.P2","metatype":[{"id":"Dataset","value":"WB_WDI"},{"id":"Developmentrelevance","value":"By providing essential services—electricity, water, and digital connectivity—utilities play an important role in supporting economic and social development. Without these services, businesses cannot function, and households cannot lead quality lives. Yet, more than 30 percent of businesses globally identify electricity supply as a major constraint to their operations, according to the World Bank Enterprise Surveys. Disruptions in electricity supply impair firm productivity, revenues, and economic growth. Similarly, inadequate water supply can lead to decreased firm productivity, deterioration of machinery, and reduced profits.  Access to reliable internet is another critical element in today’s digitalized world, where the use of digital technologies improve productivity. However, as of 2021, just over 15 percent of people globally had fixed broadband subscriptions, and only 1.4 percent in the least developed countries. The provision of basic utility services should be effective and reliable. Facilitating timely access to such services in an environmentally sustainable manner is instrumental for economic growth.\u000a\u000aThe effectiveness of regulatory frameworks, good governance, transparency, and efficiency of utility services are pivotal elements of a good business environment. An effective regulatory framework, for example, is a fundamental steppingstone for the provision of high-quality utility services. Furthermore, the reliability and sustainability of utility services should be maintained through monitoring the quality of service supply and connection safety, fostering public accountability and safety. Interoperability through agency coordination and digitalization of utilities can also help improve the quality of public services and the customer experience."},{"id":"IndicatorName","value":"B-READY: Utility Services Pillar 2: Quality of Governance and Transparency of Utility Services"},{"id":"License_Type","value":"CC BY-4.0"},{"id":"License_URL","value":"https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses#cc-by"},{"id":"Longdefinition","value":"B-READY focuses on ten topics that are organized following the life cycle of the firm and its participation in the market while opening, operating (or expanding), and closing (or reorganizing) a business. The Utility Services topic measures the effectiveness of regulatory frameworks, and the quality of governance and transparency of service delivery mechanisms, as well as the operational efficiency of providing electricity, water, and internet services. The second pillar of the topic measures the quality of governance and transparency in the provision of utility services, thus assessing the de facto provision of utility services."},{"id":"Periodicity","value":"Annual"},{"id":"Referenceperiod","value":"2025-2025"},{"id":"Shortdefinition","value":"B-READY focuses on ten topics that are organized following the life cycle of the firm and its participation in the market while opening, operating (or expanding), and closing (or reorganizing) a business. The Utility Services topic measures the effectiveness of regulatory frameworks, and the quality of governance and transparency of service delivery mechanisms, as well as the operational efficiency of providing electricity, water, and internet services. The second pillar of the topic measures the quality of governance and transparency in the provision of utility services, thus assessing the de facto provision of utility services."},{"id":"Source","value":"Business Ready (B-READY) project, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready"},{"id":"Statisticalconceptandmethodology","value":"Methodology: B-READY is designed for benchmarking across economies. This requires applying a homogeneous methodology to economies at different income levels and in different geographic locations, and quantifying business environment conditions with indicators that can be aggregated into comparable scores.\u000a\u000aB-READY collects both de jure information and de facto measures. De jure data are collected through expert consultations, while de facto data are collected through both expert consultations and firm-level surveys. These granular data provide a wealth of information that can guide specific policy reforms. They are presented in the B-READY report and, in more detail, on the Business Ready website through accessible tools, including economy profiles.\u000a\u000aAll data obtained from experts or firms are collected in raw form and then converted to scores that can be combined with other scores. The scoring methodology is designed to allow aggregation that preserves absolute cardinal differences between economies, rather than producing purely ordinal or relative rankings.\u000a\u000aThe granular data are aggregated into topic-specific pillar scores, topic scores, and overall pillar scores, each ranging from 0 to 100 (where 100 represents the best performance). Each of the ten B-READY topics has three topic-specific pillars: Regulatory Framework, Public Services, and Operational Efficiency. A topic-specific pillar score is built from the points assigned to sets of indicators, organized in categories by subject matter. The topic score is the average of its three topic-specific pillar scores, and each overall pillar score is the average of the corresponding topic-specific pillar scores across the ten topics.\u000a\u000aVintage and comparability: Values correspond to the Business Ready 2025 report (101 economies; B-READY data file version December 10, 2025), the second edition of a three-year rollout (2024-2026) during which coverage expands and the methodology is refined annually (see B-READY Methodology Handbook, Final Second Edition, December 2025). Scores from the Business Ready 2024 report (50 economies) are not included in WDI because these refinements affect comparability across editions, and B-READY does not present its scores as a time series. The 2024 edition remains available on the B-READY website: https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready/reports. The year shown refers to the report edition, not the exact period of data collection.\u000a\u000aDetails about the B-READY methodology are available on the project website: https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready/methodology#1"},{"id":"Topic","value":"Private Sector & Trade: Business environment"},{"id":"Unitofmeasure","value":"0-100 scale"}]}]}]}]}