Index of Bureaucracy

The Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom in partnership with prestigious think tanks from throughout Latin America and Spain reveals findings from the publication of an important study on the impact of administrative bureaucracies on small businesses and micro-enterprises in 17 different countries: The Index of Bureaucracy 2023. The project quantifies the time that small businesses must devote to comply with a complex and growing network of rules, procedures and permits to be allowed to work. The comprehensive study highlights the importance of promoting the efficiency and transparency of public bureaucracies so that those necessary requirements are carried out promptly.