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Business Climate

​Read more about the people and projects that demonstrate NORC's expertise in Business Climate.

Representative Projects

Bank of Spain Survey of Household Finances. The Survey of Household Finances collects data on the investment and financial decisions of Spanish households. It is the sole source of disaggregated data of its kind in Spain and forms an important source of data for research and public policy.  More

Diagnostic and Design for Simplification of Land Administration in Bangladesh. This project, for the Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund of the International Finance Corporation, focused on registration of property rights and transactions that are leading to informality in land markets and dissatisfaction with government services.  More

Nigeria Financial Crisis Survey. NORC is conducting the Nigeria Financial Crisis Survey in Nigeria for the Enterprise Survey Group of the World Bank, a research group that conducts longitudinal and panel studies on the pressing issues of private enterprises in the developing world. More

Nigeria Sub-National Investment Climate Improvement. This project, undertaken for the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group, focused on problems with real property transactions in Nigeria that are creating disincentives to investment and leading to informality in property markets. More

Vietnam Land Market Development. NORC worked with the Mekong Private Sector Development Facility of the International Finance Corporation to evaluate the impact on business and investment of the Vietnamese Land Law, a comprehensive land code adopted in 2003.  More

Headlines

News U.S. News & World Report: The young and the 1 percent, with insight from the SCF More
Posted: 4.12.2012 3:48PM
News CBS: Considering President Obama's tax reform proposal with data from the GSS More
Posted: 2.23.2012 4:24PM
News The Chicago Tribune: A look at sick days and their uses, with research and data from NORC More
Posted: 1.23.2012 2:24PM
News Forbes: The relationship between business trust and income equality, with data from the General Social Survey More
Posted: 11.21.2011 3:41PM
News CNN: GSS reports 40-year low in America's view of Wall Street More
Posted: 10.7.2011 12:09PM