/tags/environment/ Recent content in Environment on Juanma Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /post/starting-a-business/starting-a-business-country-score/ Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /post/starting-a-business/starting-a-business-country-score/ The Doing Business Report is an annual report published by The World Bank which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 190 economies. New Zealand ranks number one in “starting a business” with a total of 99.98 in 2020. New Zealand made a few reforms which have helped with their score: DB2019: New Zealand made starting a business less expensive by reducing the fees for name search and company incorporation. /post/air-pollution/91-3-percent-of-the-world-population-exposed-to-unhealthy-levels-of-pollution-in-2017/ Sat, 02 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /post/air-pollution/91-3-percent-of-the-world-population-exposed-to-unhealthy-levels-of-pollution-in-2017/ According to World Bank, in 2017, 91.3% of the population was exposed to unhealthy levels of pollution (ambient concentrations of PM2.5 that exceed the WHO guideline value) in the World. The below graph shows the percentage of the population exposed to unhealthy levels of pollution by region in 2017. The data is from World Bank. Definition of PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)