KIEV, Jan. 17 – Ukraine should work on the deregulation and simplification of issuing permits to rank among the top 100 countries in the Doing Business rating of the World Bank, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

"Last year, Ukraine improved its position by 15 points, ranking it 137th in the World Bank's Doing Business rating, but I'm convinced we could work better. There is such a task," he said at a meeting of the Committee for Economic Reforms in Kiev on Thursday.