Doing Business Economy Profile 2016 : Panama

This economy profile for Doing Business 2016 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Panama. To allow for useful comparison, the profile also provides data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each indicator. Doing Business...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25476199/doing-business-2016-measuring-regulatory-quality-efficiency-panama
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23369
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spelling okr-10986-233692021-04-23T14:04:14Z Doing Business Economy Profile 2016 : Panama World Bank Group AUCTION TARIFFS LIABILITY SUPERVISION EQUIPMENT CUSTOMER REGISTRIES INSTALLATION CERTIFICATE STOCK INFORMATION SYSTEM BUYER ENTERPRISE SURVEY PROPERTY RIGHTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES INFORMATION MONITORING COPYRIGHT INFORMATION SHARING CURRENT LAW MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MINORITY INVESTORS PRICE PRIVATE PROPERTY VERIFICATION VERIFICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS REGISTRY INTERNATIONAL BANK DISPUTE RESOLUTION CUSTOMS CLEARANCE SUPERMARKET TRANSLATION INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET ADVERTISING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES BUSINESS REGULATION ONE-STOP SHOP DOMAIN COMMERCIAL BUSINESS CONTRACTS LICENSE CUSTOMS TRADING CUSTOMER REQUEST FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BUYERS MARKETS AUTOMATION CONSULTANT STANDARDIZATION MATERIAL BUSINESS ENTRY NATURAL RESOURCES BUSINESS REGISTRATION DATABASES LEGAL FRAMEWORK TELEPHONE TAXES IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TRANSACTIONS MANUFACTURING USERS INSTALLATIONS TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTION INVESTORS RELIABILITY GOOD PROCUREMENT FRAUD INSPECTION CONTACT INFORMATION BUSINESS INDICATOR TRANSPARENCY TIME FRAME RESULTS DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT ELECTRICITY CUSTOM TECHNICAL EXPERTISE CONTRACT BEST PRACTICE PROPERTY BUSINESS INDICATORS PRIVATE SECTOR MARKET TRANSLATIONS IMAGES NEW MARKETS QUERIES SECURITIES ADMINISTRATION GENERAL PUBLIC RESULT ELECTRONIC FILING SECURITY BUSINESS ACTIVITY LEGAL SYSTEM LICENSES BUSINESS BUSINESSES NETWORK ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS PERFORMANCE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT INSPECTIONS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK CERTIFICATES INSTITUTION PROFIT WORKING HOURS BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS COMMUNICATION BUSINESS REGULATIONS SHAREHOLDER CUSTOMERS SEARCHES ELECTRONIC PLATFORM DATABASE PROFITS LIMITED LIABILITY COMMODITY EXPERT OPINION GUARANTEE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING SERVICE PROVIDERS This economy profile for Doing Business 2016 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Panama. To allow for useful comparison, the profile also provides data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each indicator. Doing Business 2016 is the 13th edition in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business; for 2015 Panama ranks 69. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 189 economies from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and over time. Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and labor market regulation. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2015 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period from January to December 2014). 2015-12-16T14:37:15Z 2015-12-16T14:37:15Z 2015-10 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25476199/doing-business-2016-measuring-regulatory-quality-efficiency-panama http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23369 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Panama
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topic AUCTION
TARIFFS
LIABILITY
SUPERVISION
EQUIPMENT
CUSTOMER
REGISTRIES
INSTALLATION
CERTIFICATE
STOCK
INFORMATION SYSTEM
BUYER
ENTERPRISE SURVEY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
INFORMATION
MONITORING
COPYRIGHT
INFORMATION SHARING
CURRENT LAW
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MINORITY INVESTORS
PRICE
PRIVATE PROPERTY
VERIFICATION
VERIFICATIONS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
REGISTRY
INTERNATIONAL BANK
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
SUPERMARKET
TRANSLATION
INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET
ADVERTISING
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
BUSINESS REGULATION
ONE-STOP SHOP
DOMAIN
COMMERCIAL BUSINESS
CONTRACTS
LICENSE
CUSTOMS
TRADING
CUSTOMER REQUEST
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
BUYERS
MARKETS
AUTOMATION
CONSULTANT
STANDARDIZATION
MATERIAL
BUSINESS ENTRY
NATURAL RESOURCES
BUSINESS REGISTRATION
DATABASES
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
TELEPHONE
TAXES
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
TRANSACTIONS
MANUFACTURING
USERS
INSTALLATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSACTION
INVESTORS
RELIABILITY
GOOD
PROCUREMENT
FRAUD
INSPECTION
CONTACT INFORMATION
BUSINESS INDICATOR
TRANSPARENCY
TIME FRAME
RESULTS
DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
ELECTRICITY
CUSTOM
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
CONTRACT
BEST PRACTICE
PROPERTY
BUSINESS INDICATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
MARKET
TRANSLATIONS
IMAGES
NEW MARKETS
QUERIES
SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL PUBLIC
RESULT
ELECTRONIC FILING
SECURITY
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
LEGAL SYSTEM
LICENSES
BUSINESS
BUSINESSES
NETWORK
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS
PERFORMANCE
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
INSPECTIONS
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
CERTIFICATES
INSTITUTION
PROFIT
WORKING HOURS
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS
COMMUNICATION
BUSINESS REGULATIONS
SHAREHOLDER
CUSTOMERS
SEARCHES
ELECTRONIC PLATFORM
DATABASE
PROFITS
LIMITED LIABILITY
COMMODITY
EXPERT OPINION
GUARANTEE
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
SERVICE PROVIDERS
spellingShingle AUCTION
TARIFFS
LIABILITY
SUPERVISION
EQUIPMENT
CUSTOMER
REGISTRIES
INSTALLATION
CERTIFICATE
STOCK
INFORMATION SYSTEM
BUYER
ENTERPRISE SURVEY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
INFORMATION
MONITORING
COPYRIGHT
INFORMATION SHARING
CURRENT LAW
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MINORITY INVESTORS
PRICE
PRIVATE PROPERTY
VERIFICATION
VERIFICATIONS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
REGISTRY
INTERNATIONAL BANK
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
SUPERMARKET
TRANSLATION
INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET
ADVERTISING
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
BUSINESS REGULATION
ONE-STOP SHOP
DOMAIN
COMMERCIAL BUSINESS
CONTRACTS
LICENSE
CUSTOMS
TRADING
CUSTOMER REQUEST
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
BUYERS
MARKETS
AUTOMATION
CONSULTANT
STANDARDIZATION
MATERIAL
BUSINESS ENTRY
NATURAL RESOURCES
BUSINESS REGISTRATION
DATABASES
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
TELEPHONE
TAXES
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
TRANSACTIONS
MANUFACTURING
USERS
INSTALLATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSACTION
INVESTORS
RELIABILITY
GOOD
PROCUREMENT
FRAUD
INSPECTION
CONTACT INFORMATION
BUSINESS INDICATOR
TRANSPARENCY
TIME FRAME
RESULTS
DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
ELECTRICITY
CUSTOM
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
CONTRACT
BEST PRACTICE
PROPERTY
BUSINESS INDICATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
MARKET
TRANSLATIONS
IMAGES
NEW MARKETS
QUERIES
SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL PUBLIC
RESULT
ELECTRONIC FILING
SECURITY
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
LEGAL SYSTEM
LICENSES
BUSINESS
BUSINESSES
NETWORK
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS
PERFORMANCE
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
INSPECTIONS
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
CERTIFICATES
INSTITUTION
PROFIT
WORKING HOURS
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS
COMMUNICATION
BUSINESS REGULATIONS
SHAREHOLDER
CUSTOMERS
SEARCHES
ELECTRONIC PLATFORM
DATABASE
PROFITS
LIMITED LIABILITY
COMMODITY
EXPERT OPINION
GUARANTEE
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
SERVICE PROVIDERS
World Bank Group
Doing Business Economy Profile 2016 : Panama
geographic_facet Panama
description This economy profile for Doing Business 2016 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Panama. To allow for useful comparison, the profile also provides data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each indicator. Doing Business 2016 is the 13th edition in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business; for 2015 Panama ranks 69. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 189 economies from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and over time. Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and labor market regulation. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2015 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period from January to December 2014).
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author World Bank Group
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title Doing Business Economy Profile 2016 : Panama
title_short Doing Business Economy Profile 2016 : Panama
title_full Doing Business Economy Profile 2016 : Panama
title_fullStr Doing Business Economy Profile 2016 : Panama
title_full_unstemmed Doing Business Economy Profile 2016 : Panama
title_sort doing business economy profile 2016 : panama
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25476199/doing-business-2016-measuring-regulatory-quality-efficiency-panama
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23369
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