Court Automation Index for Commercial Disputes

An index from 0 to 4 evaluates court automation for commercial contract enforcement. It assesses electronic filing, service, fee payment, and public judgment availability. The data was produced by the World Bank's Doing Business project using its DB17-20 methodology.

Use Cases

• Benchmark a country's court automation score (0-4 index) against regional peers.
• Analyze correlation between the electronic filing feature and other business environment indicators.
• Track changes in the public availability of judgments feature over time for longitudinal studies.
• Model the adoption of electronic service of complaints based on economic or governance variables.

Strengths

• Index constructed on a clear 0-4 scale for consistent cross-country comparison.
• Based on a standardized methodology (DB17-20) used for multiple Doing Business reports.

Limitations

• Specific row count, time coverage, and geographic scope are unknown.
• Limited to four specific automation aspects, excluding other court technology features.
• Data may be temporally stale as the Doing Business project has been discontinued.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Doing Business project.

Collection Method

Methodology from DB17-20 studies evaluating four specific automation criteria.

Geography

Likely cross-country, but specific coverage is unknown.