The Investor Roadmap study, as part of the AMIR Policy Reform Initiative, recommended a number
of administrative and organizational reforms to streamline processes and reduce the paperwork
necessary for registration and licensing of companies, access to investment incentives, and
compliance with other business-related government regulations and requirements. To address the
database and data processing dimension of this issue, AMIR engaged a consultant to provide an
initial overview of the possibilities for streamlining processes by merging, refining, or improving
utilization of government services databases. A particular focus of the consultancy was to assess
options for integrating the Companies Registrar database at the Ministry of Industry and Trade with
other relevant databases to reduce redundancy in data collection or improve the completeness of the
data