Doing Business Regional, National, and Subnational Reports
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Doing Business in Indonesia 2010
(Washington, DC, 2009)Doing Business in Indonesia 2010 is the first country-specific sub national report of the doing business series in Indonesia and the third in East Asia, following the reports on China and the Philippines. It measures business regulations and their enforcement in 14 Indonesian cities: Balikpapan, Banda Aceh, Bandung, Denpasar, Jakarta, Makassar, Manado, Palangka Raya, Palembang, Pekanbaru, Semarang, Surabaya, Surakarta and Yogyakarta. The cities can be compared against each other, and with economies worldwide. This project is endorsed by the Government of Indonesia through the Ministry for Administrative Reforms (Menpan) and it is the result of cooperation between the International Finance Corporation and the Regional Autonomy Watch. The indicators analyzed in doing business in Indonesia 2010 are based on standardized case scenarios with specific assumptions, such as that the business is located in one of the 14 cities benchmarked in the report. Economic indicators commonly make limiting assumptions of this kind. Inflation statistics, for example, are often based on prices of consumer goods in a few urban areas. Such assumptions allow global coverage and enhance comparability, but they inevitably come at the expense of generality. In defining the indicators, doing business in Indonesia 2010 assumes that entrepreneurs are knowledgeable about all regulations in place and comply with them. In practice, entrepreneurs may spend considerable time finding out where to go and what documents to submit. -
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Doing Business in the Arab World 2010
(Washington, DC, 2009)Doing Business in the Arab World 2010 is a regional report that draws on the global doing business project and its database as well as the findings of doing business 2010: reforming through difficult times, the seventh in a series of annual reports investigating regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. This report presents a summary of doing business indicators for the Arab world. It focuses on 20 Arab economies: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, West Bank and Gaza and the Republic of Yemen. -
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Doing Business in Veneto 2009
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2009)Doing business in India 2009 is the first country specific subnational report of the doing business series that measures business regulations and their enforcement across India. Doing business in India 2009 covers 10 out of the 12 previously measured cities, and documents their progress. It adds 7 new locations, expanding the study to 17 locations. Comparisons with the rest of the world are based on the indicators in doing business 2009. The indicators in doing business in India 2009 are also comparable with the data in other subnational and regional doing business reports. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where, and why. Other areas that significantly affect business, such as a country's proximity to markets, the quality of infrastructure services (other than services related to the trading across borders indicator), the security of property from theft and looting, the transparency of government procurement, macroeconomic conditions, or the underlying strength of institutions, are not directly studied by doing business. -
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Doing Business in India 2009
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2009)Doing business in India 2009 is the first country specific subnational report of the doing business series that measures business regulations and their enforcement across India. Doing business in India 2009 covers 10 out of the 12 previously measured cities, and documents their progress. It adds 7 new locations, expanding the study to 17 locations. Comparisons with the rest of the world are based on the indicators in doing business 2009. The indicators in doing business in India 2009 are also comparable with the data in other subnational and regional doing business reports. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where, and why. Other areas that significantly affect business, such as a country's proximity to markets, the quality of infrastructure services (other than services related to the trading across borders indicator), the security of property from theft and looting, the transparency of government procurement, macroeconomic conditions, or the underlying strength of institutions, are not directly studied by doing business. -
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Doing Business in Kenya 2010
(Washington, DC, 2009)Doing Business in Kenya 2010 is a new sub-national report of the Doing business series on the sub-Saharan African region, following the sub-national doing business report on Nigeria. It measures business regulations and their enforcement in 11 Kenyan localities: Eldoret, Garissa, Isiolo, Kilifi, Kisumu, Malaba, Mombasa, Nairobi, Narok, Nyeri, and Thika. The localities can be compared against each other, and with 183 economies worldwide. Comparisons with other economies are based on the indicators in doing business 2010: reforming through difficult times, the seventh in a series of annual reports published by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. The indicators in doing business in Kenya 2010 are also comparable with the data in other sub-national doing business reports. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where, and why. Other areas important to business such as a country's proximity to large markets, the quality of infrastructure services (other than services related to trading across borders), the security of property from theft and looting, the transparency of government procurement, macroeconomic conditions, or the underlying strength of institutions are not directly studied by doing business. -
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Celebrating Reform 2008: Doing Business Case Studies
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2008-06-04)Contents of the report are: introduction; by Penelope J. Brook, and Sabine Hertveldt; how to reform in 3 months. Azerbaijan registers businesses faster by setting-up a one-stop shop; by Svetlana Bagaudinova, Dahlia Khalifa, and Givi Petriashvili; one-stop shopping in Portugal; by Camille Ramos; competitiveness from innovation, not inheritance; by Karim Ouled Belayachi, and Jamal Ibrahim Haidar; harnessing the internet to streamline procedures; by K. Latha; creating a new profession from scratch; by Carolin Geginat, and Jana Malinska; how to raise revenues by lowering fees; by Jamal Ibrahim Haidar; when enough is enough; by Cemile Hacibeyoglu; slashing the time to register property from 18 months to 15 days; by Roger Coma-Cunill, and Marie Delion; bringing more credit to the private sector; by Valerie Marechal, and Rachel (Raha) Shahid-Saless; protecting minority shareholders to boost investment; by Jean Michel Lobet; giving a facelift to the Turkish tax system; by Caroline Otonglo, and Tea Trumbic; a public-private partnership brings order to Aqaba's port; by Doina Cebotari, and Allen Dennis; fighting entrenched interests to enforce judgments faster; by Lior Ziv; pragmatism leads the way in setting up specialized commercial courts; by Sabine Hertveldt; enforcing contracts quickly, with help from the neighbors; by Anthony Ford, and Oliver Lorenz; and repaying creditors without imprisoning debtors; by Mema Beye, and Joanna Nasr. -
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Doing Business in Egypt 2008
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2008)Doing Business in Egypt 2008 covers three topics at the sub national level: starting a business, dealing with licenses and registering property. These indicators have been selected because they cover areas of local jurisdiction and practice. In the last two years, doing business in Egypt has become more affordable the minimum capital required to start a business and the costs of registering property and dealing with licenses have been slashed. Doing Business in Egypt 2008 records all procedures required for a business in the construction industry to build a standardized warehouse. Doing Business in Egypt 2008 records the full sequence of procedures necessary when a business purchases land and a building to transfer the property title from another business so that the buyer can use the property for expanding its business, as collateral in taking new loans or, if necessary, to sell to another business. The ease of doing business index is limited in scope. The Doing Business indicators provide a new empirical data set that may improve understanding of these issues. -
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Doing Business in Mexico
(Washington, DC, 2006)This report investigates the scope and manner of regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Quantitative indicators on business regulations and their enforcement have been created for 12 cities and states, which can now be compared with Mexico City, and to 154 countries around the world. The indicators cover four "Doing Business" topics: starting a business, registering property, getting credit and enforcing contracts. The 12 cities and states are: Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes; Celaya, Guanajuato; Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; Guadalajara, Jalisco; Merida, Yucatan; Monterrey, Nuevo Leon; Puebla, Puebla; Queretaro, Queretaro; San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi; Tlalnepantla, Estado de Mexico; Torreon, Coahuila; and Veracruz, Veracruz. Comparisons with Mexico City and other countries are based on the indicators in Doing Business in 2006 - Creating Jobs (see report no. 34550). -
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Doing Business in Mexico 2007
(Washington, DC, 2006)Doing Business investigates the scope and manner of regulations that encourage business activity and those that constrain it. The indicators cover four areas of business regulation and their enforcement: starting a business, registering property, getting credit (registering collateral) and enforcing contracts. These indicators were selected because they cover areas of state and municipal jurisdiction. The indicators are used to analyze the economic outcomes of the regulations and to identify what reforms have been successful, where and why.