世界银行营商环境评估之反思与“中国化”道路

Reflecting the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Rankings and Rethinking of the “Chinese Approach”

世界银行的《全球营商环境报告》是当前对中国国家治理改革和法治建设影响最大的国际项目之一。中国的研究者和决策者在正确看到该评估报告重大价值的同时,还需要对该评估体系进行系统的理论、方法和政策反思。作为秉持西方经济学理论所建立的世界银行营商环境评估体系,到了中国可能遭遇"水土不服"的局面,在实践中出现扭曲和异化。因此,我们要避免为了刻意迎合世界银行的营商环境评估而"一刀切"地改革,优化营商环境评估方法的科学性,打破营商环境优化中的"唯分数论",建构对经济体或者地区的营商环境进行综合评价的体系、方法和机制,探索营商环境建设与评估的"中国道路"。

The World Bank’s annual Doing Business Rankings is currently one of the most influential international projects on improve global and domestic governance. It has enormous influence on Chinese top decision-makers and the academia as well. This essay argues that it is crucial for our Chinese to take this project serious on the one hand, we nevertheless also have to carefully and systematically examine the project’s theoretical foundation, ranking methodology, and policy goals on the other hand.