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The Law & Development Partnership Limited (LDP) provides advice and assistance to developing and transition countries. Our clients are international development agencies and governments of developing countries.

We advise on:

• safety, security and access to justice

• legal, regulatory and institutional reform for private sector development

• governance and public sector reform

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Doing Business 2007

The World Bank's Doing Business Reports allow policymakers to compare regulatory performance with other countries, learn from best practices globally, and prioritize reforms. The Doing Business 2007 Report for the first time highlighted two African countries - Ghana and Tanzania in the top-10 reformers in the ease of doing business.

The Law & Development Partnership assisted the Governments of both Ghana and Tanzania to develop reform programmes to address ease of doing business issues - including simplifying business regulations, strengthening property rights, easing tax burdens, increasing access to credit, and reducing the cost of exporting and importing. In Ghana LDP worked with the Government to develop its National Private Sector Development Strategy and in Tanzania we designed and assisted with the implementation of the Business Environment Strengthening Programme. In both cases LDP supported the Government to develop a Government-led pro private sector policy and expenditure programme, with which donor support was aligned (in the case of Ghana through budget support). This enabled Governments and development partners to engage at a strategic level on policy, planning and resource allocation processes, in turn enabling efficient use of resources and effective reform.