Economy Profile of Iceland

Economy Profile of Iceland

Doing business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of pr...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
REGULATION
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT
ELECTRICITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
ACCESS TO FINANCE
TAXATION
CONTRACT LAW
LABOR POLICY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/517251574949623817/Doing-Business-2020-Comparing-Business-Regulation-in-190-Economies-Economy-Profile-of-Iceland
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spelling okr-10986-329722021-05-25T10:54:38Z Economy Profile of Iceland World Bank Group REGULATION BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION PERMIT ELECTRICITY PROPERTY RIGHTS ACCESS TO FINANCE TAXATION CONTRACT LAW LABOR POLICY Doing business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies - from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe - and over time. Regulations affecting 12 areas of the life of a business are covered: 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, employing workers, and contracting with the government. The employing workers and contracting with the government indicator sets are not included in this year’s ranking on the ease of doing business. Data in doing business 2020 are current as of May 1, 2019. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms of business regulation have worked, where, and why. This economy profile presents indicators for Iceland; for 2020, Iceland ranks 26. 2019-12-13T14:06:14Z 2019-12-13T14:06:14Z 2019-10-24 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/517251574949623817/Doing-Business-2020-Comparing-Business-Regulation-in-190-Economies-Economy-Profile-of-Iceland http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32972 English Doing Business 2020; 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 Iceland
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topic REGULATION
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT
ELECTRICITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
ACCESS TO FINANCE
TAXATION
CONTRACT LAW
LABOR POLICY
spellingShingle REGULATION
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT
ELECTRICITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
ACCESS TO FINANCE
TAXATION
CONTRACT LAW
LABOR POLICY
World Bank Group
Economy Profile of Iceland
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description Doing business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies - from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe - and over time. Regulations affecting 12 areas of the life of a business are covered: 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, employing workers, and contracting with the government. The employing workers and contracting with the government indicator sets are not included in this year’s ranking on the ease of doing business. Data in doing business 2020 are current as of May 1, 2019. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms of business regulation have worked, where, and why. This economy profile presents indicators for Iceland; for 2020, Iceland ranks 26.
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title Economy Profile of Iceland
title_short Economy Profile of Iceland
title_full Economy Profile of Iceland
title_fullStr Economy Profile of Iceland
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title_sort economy profile of iceland
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/517251574949623817/Doing-Business-2020-Comparing-Business-Regulation-in-190-Economies-Economy-Profile-of-Iceland
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