Doing Business 2009 : Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies
Doing Business 2009 is the sixth in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of p...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC : World Bank and Palgave Macmillon
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10350162/doing-business-2009-comparing-regulation-181-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6313 |
| Summary: | Doing Business 2009 is the sixth in a
series of annual reports 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 181 economies from Afghanistan to
Zimbabwe and over time. Regulations affecting 10 stages of
the life of a business are measured: starting a business,
dealing with construction permits, employing workers,
registering property, getting credit, protecting investors,
paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts,
and closing a business. Data in Doing Business 2009 are
current as of June 1, 2008. The indicators are used to
analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have
worked, where, and why. The methodology for the legal rights
of lenders and borrowers, part of the getting credit
indicators, changed for Doing Business 2009. The paper
includes the following headings: overview, starting a
business, dealing with construction permits, employing
workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting
investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing
contracts, and closing a business. |
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