ULUSLARARASI DÜZENLEME VE DEVLETİN DÖNÜŞÜMÜ: DÜNYA BANKASI’NIN “İŞ ORTAMI” RAPORLARI ÜZERİNE
INTERNATIONAL REGULATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE STATE: ON “DOING BUSINESS” REPORTS OF THE WORLD BANK

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyze the meaning and significance of Doing Business reports which have been published since 2004 by the World Bank. These reports provide a significant data set in order to understand the global demands and aims of the international capital, therefore of the imperialist practice. For this purpose, the article firstly discusses the transformation demands coming from different fractions of capital during the internationalization processes both of the capital and of the state, and the place of the World Bank in global regulation. Secondly, the article investigates the reports’ timing of publication, their methodology and the changes they have been going through as a result of criticisms they received. Moreover, to provide a closer view of the concrete substance of the reports, the article focuses on some country-case analyses. Finally, this study emphasizes the functions of these reports in terms of their implications for the transformed but preserved place of the state in global regulation.

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