[1] The BEEPS surveys are conducted in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia and gather information about key indicators on topics important for business environment such as problems doing Business,[2] informal payments[3] and corruption,[4][5] Finance,[6] Labor, Crime, Infrastructure, innovation, legal and judicial issues, taxation, customs and cross border trade,[7] and more.
The first survey was conducted in 1999-2000 to assess the business environment and performance of firms in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The 2008 round survey questionnaire and the sampling methodology were significantly modified, making direct cross-period comparisons problematic.
This survey was conducted in the following 28 countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Montenegro, Lithuania, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Russian Federation, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Unlike The Doing Business Report, BEEPS are only conducted in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.