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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Main Authors: International Finance Corporation, World Bank
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC : World Bank and Palgave Macmillon 2012
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spelling okr-10986-63132021-04-23T14:02:25Z Doing Business 2009 : Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies International Finance Corporation World Bank ACCOUNT ACCOUNTANTS ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTS BLOG BUSINESS ACTIVITY BUSINESS ENTRY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS FUNCTIONS BUSINESS INDICATOR BUSINESS INDICATORS BUSINESS REGISTRATION BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS BUSINESS REGULATION BUSINESS REGULATIONS BUSINESS SURVEYS BUSINESS VALUES BUSINESSES CAPITAL REQUIREMENT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPANY INFORMATION COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER GOODS CONTACT INFORMATION CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT COPYRIGHT COST ESTIMATES CUSTOMS E-MAIL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC FILING EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXPENDITURE FIXED COSTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GOOD PRACTICES GOVERNMENT DECREE HOUSING INFLATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INSPECTION INSPECTIONS INTERFACE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD LAWS LEGISLATION LICENSE LICENSES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MATERIAL NEW ENTRANTS ONE-STOP SHOP ONE-STOP SHOPS ONLINE BUSINESS ONLINE REGISTRATION ONLINE SERVICES PAYMENT OF TAXES PAYROLL PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY TRANSFERS PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY ASSURANCE QUERIES REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS REGISTRIES REGISTRY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY SYSTEMS RESULTS SAVINGS SEARCH SECURITIES STARTUPS SUBSIDIARY SUBSTITUTES TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELEPHONE TRANSACTION TRANSPORT USER USERS USES VERIFICATION WAGES WORKING HOURS 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. 2012-05-22T18:45:11Z 2012-05-22T18:45:11Z 2008 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10350162/doing-business-2009-comparing-regulation-181-economies 978-0-8213-7609-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6313 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank and Palgave Macmillon Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic ACCOUNT
ACCOUNTANTS
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS
BLOG
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
BUSINESS ENTRY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS FUNCTIONS
BUSINESS INDICATOR
BUSINESS INDICATORS
BUSINESS REGISTRATION
BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS
BUSINESS REGULATION
BUSINESS REGULATIONS
BUSINESS SURVEYS
BUSINESS VALUES
BUSINESSES
CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMPANY INFORMATION
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER GOODS
CONTACT INFORMATION
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
COPYRIGHT
COST ESTIMATES
CUSTOMS
E-MAIL
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRONIC FILING
EMPLOYMENT
ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EXPENDITURE
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
GOOD PRACTICES
GOVERNMENT DECREE
HOUSING
INFLATION
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INSPECTION
INSPECTIONS
INTERFACE
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
LAWS
LEGISLATION
LICENSE
LICENSES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MATERIAL
NEW ENTRANTS
ONE-STOP SHOP
ONE-STOP SHOPS
ONLINE BUSINESS
ONLINE REGISTRATION
ONLINE SERVICES
PAYMENT OF TAXES
PAYROLL
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY TRANSFERS
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUERIES
REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS
REGISTRIES
REGISTRY
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
REGULATORY SYSTEMS
RESULTS
SAVINGS
SEARCH
SECURITIES
STARTUPS
SUBSIDIARY
SUBSTITUTES
TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TELEPHONE
TRANSACTION
TRANSPORT
USER
USERS
USES
VERIFICATION
WAGES
WORKING HOURS
spellingShingle ACCOUNT
ACCOUNTANTS
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS
BLOG
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
BUSINESS ENTRY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS FUNCTIONS
BUSINESS INDICATOR
BUSINESS INDICATORS
BUSINESS REGISTRATION
BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS
BUSINESS REGULATION
BUSINESS REGULATIONS
BUSINESS SURVEYS
BUSINESS VALUES
BUSINESSES
CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMPANY INFORMATION
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER GOODS
CONTACT INFORMATION
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
COPYRIGHT
COST ESTIMATES
CUSTOMS
E-MAIL
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRONIC FILING
EMPLOYMENT
ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EXPENDITURE
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
GOOD PRACTICES
GOVERNMENT DECREE
HOUSING
INFLATION
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INSPECTION
INSPECTIONS
INTERFACE
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
LAWS
LEGISLATION
LICENSE
LICENSES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MATERIAL
NEW ENTRANTS
ONE-STOP SHOP
ONE-STOP SHOPS
ONLINE BUSINESS
ONLINE REGISTRATION
ONLINE SERVICES
PAYMENT OF TAXES
PAYROLL
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY TRANSFERS
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUERIES
REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS
REGISTRIES
REGISTRY
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
REGULATORY SYSTEMS
RESULTS
SAVINGS
SEARCH
SECURITIES
STARTUPS
SUBSIDIARY
SUBSTITUTES
TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TELEPHONE
TRANSACTION
TRANSPORT
USER
USERS
USES
VERIFICATION
WAGES
WORKING HOURS
International Finance Corporation
World Bank
Doing Business 2009 : Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author International Finance Corporation
World Bank
author_facet International Finance Corporation
World Bank
author_sort International Finance Corporation
title Doing Business 2009 : Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies
title_short Doing Business 2009 : Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies
title_full Doing Business 2009 : Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies
title_fullStr Doing Business 2009 : Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies
title_full_unstemmed Doing Business 2009 : Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies
title_sort doing business 2009 : comparing regulation in 181 economies
publisher Washington, DC : World Bank and Palgave Macmillon
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10350162/doing-business-2009-comparing-regulation-181-economies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6313
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