Doing Business in Brazil is the second state-level report of the Doing Business series in Latin America. Doing Business investigates the scope and manner of regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. In this project quantitative indicators on business regulations and their enforcement were created for 12 municipalities and states. These can now compare themselves to São Paulo or any of the 12 cities and states benchmarked in Mexico, as well as to over 150 countries around the world. The report covers five topics: starting a business, registering property, getting credit, paying taxes and enforcing contracts.