Doing Business 2009

ebook Doing Business

By World Bank

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Comparing business regulation in 181 economies.

Doing Business 2009 is the sixth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 181 economies. Doing Business 2009 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business:

Starting a business

  • steps, time, cost, and minimum capital to register a new business

    Enforcing contracts

  • steps, time, and cost to enforce a commercial contract

    Employing workers

  • indices of employment law rigidities
  • cost of economic redundancies

    Getting credit

  • extent of credit information sharing and creditor rights

    Closing a business

  • steps, time, and cost to close down a business
  • recovery rate for creditor

    Registering property

  • steps, time, and cost to transfer ownership of commercial real estate

    Protecting investors

  • indices on disclosure, investor suits, and standing in court

    Dealing with construction permits

  • steps, time, and cost of business inspections and licensing

    Paying taxes

  • statutory rates, number of taxes paid, and number of hours spent on preparing tax returns

    Trading across borders

  • steps, time, and number of documents necessary to export and import

    Doing Business 2009 updates all sets of indicators, ranks economies on their overall ease of doing business, and analyzes reforms to business regulation-identifying identifying which countries are improving the most. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why. Doing Business 2009 focuses on how complex business regulations can impact business growth and job creation.

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