Implementing Electronic Business Registry Services : Recommendations for Policy Makers Based on the Experience of EU Accession Countries

The objective of this paper is to share the experiences and good practices of early business registry reformers who implemented web-enabled and automated electronic business registries (e-BRs). These lessons are hoped to be of help to EU New Member...

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Main Authors: Lewin, Anat, Klapper, Leora, Lanvin, Bruno, Satola, David, Sirtaine, Sophie, Symonds, Richard
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2015
Subjects:
WEB
G2C
PDF
G2B
XML
ICT
IDS
PC
ID
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24528985/implementing-electronic-business-registry-e-br-services-recommendations-policy-makers-based-experience-eu-accession-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22120
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Summary:The objective of this paper is to share the experiences and good practices of early business registry reformers who implemented web-enabled and automated electronic business registries (e-BRs). These lessons are hoped to be of help to EU New Member countries as they embark on delivering EU-conformant e-BRs. At the same time, policymakers in other developing countries may also find these lessons of use. This paper cites examples of good practices rather than best practices. As elsewhere in the development agenda, solutions that have worked well in some countries may not work in other local circumstances. In the case of e-BRs, success depends on a broader set of reforms; as will be discussed in a subsequent chapter, e-BRs require a supportive legal and regulatory infrastructure, such as electronic signature laws and document authentication. A needs assessment and analysis of the options in the local country context need to be conducted in order to find the most relevant best practice options for a specific country. Nevertheless, a number of practical good practices can be identified and are presented in this paper for consideration.