Doing Business in the European Union 2017 : Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania

Doing Business in the European Union 2017 focuses on business regulations and their enforcement in five Doing Business areas. It goes beyond Sofia, Budapest and Bucharest to benchmark 19 additional cities. The annual Doing Business report aims to d...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/647241504181026263/Comparing-business-regulation-for-domestic-firms-in-22-cities-in-Bulgaria-Hungary-and-Romania-with-187-other-economies
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spelling okr-10986-284902021-05-25T10:54:44Z Doing Business in the European Union 2017 : Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania World Bank Group SURVEYS FINANCE REGULATION BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT PERMITS ELECTRICITY PROPERTY RIGHTS CONTRACT LAW Doing Business in the European Union 2017 focuses on business regulations and their enforcement in five Doing Business areas. It goes beyond Sofia, Budapest and Bucharest to benchmark 19 additional cities. The annual Doing Business report aims to draw attention to how red tape affects small and medium-size businesses and encourage governments to look outward to learn from global good practices. This report highlights differences both among and within countries. Differences in regulatory performance across locations can help national and local policy makers to identify priority areas for reform and to find good practices that can guide the way forward. Good local and global practices are identified throughout the report, as well as opportunities for regulatory reform in each country. The study’s results are revealing: the gap between the benchmarked cities is significant, even within the same country—with the biggest regulatory differences found within Bulgaria and Romania. Yet each country also has cities that are world class in at least one area. This study will benefit our partner countries as a tool to promote competition between the cities and regions, to encourage peer learning, and to inspire policy makers to improve the ease of doing business in their jurisdictions. Small administrative improvements can make a big difference in the life of small firms—unlike larger businesses that face the same bureaucratic inefficiencies, they do not have access to the resources and skills needed to get better and faster service. 2017-10-10T19:33:10Z 2017-10-10T19:33:10Z 2017 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/647241504181026263/Comparing-business-regulation-for-domestic-firms-in-22-cities-in-Bulgaria-Hungary-and-Romania-with-187-other-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28490 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Bulgaria Hungary Romania
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topic SURVEYS
FINANCE
REGULATION
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
PERMITS
ELECTRICITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
CONTRACT LAW
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FINANCE
REGULATION
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
PERMITS
ELECTRICITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
CONTRACT LAW
World Bank Group
Doing Business in the European Union 2017 : Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
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Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
description Doing Business in the European Union 2017 focuses on business regulations and their enforcement in five Doing Business areas. It goes beyond Sofia, Budapest and Bucharest to benchmark 19 additional cities. The annual Doing Business report aims to draw attention to how red tape affects small and medium-size businesses and encourage governments to look outward to learn from global good practices. This report highlights differences both among and within countries. Differences in regulatory performance across locations can help national and local policy makers to identify priority areas for reform and to find good practices that can guide the way forward. Good local and global practices are identified throughout the report, as well as opportunities for regulatory reform in each country. The study’s results are revealing: the gap between the benchmarked cities is significant, even within the same country—with the biggest regulatory differences found within Bulgaria and Romania. Yet each country also has cities that are world class in at least one area. This study will benefit our partner countries as a tool to promote competition between the cities and regions, to encourage peer learning, and to inspire policy makers to improve the ease of doing business in their jurisdictions. Small administrative improvements can make a big difference in the life of small firms—unlike larger businesses that face the same bureaucratic inefficiencies, they do not have access to the resources and skills needed to get better and faster service.
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title Doing Business in the European Union 2017 : Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
title_short Doing Business in the European Union 2017 : Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
title_full Doing Business in the European Union 2017 : Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
title_fullStr Doing Business in the European Union 2017 : Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
title_full_unstemmed Doing Business in the European Union 2017 : Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
title_sort doing business in the european union 2017 : bulgaria, hungary and romania
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/647241504181026263/Comparing-business-regulation-for-domestic-firms-in-22-cities-in-Bulgaria-Hungary-and-Romania-with-187-other-economies
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