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Improving Business Registration Procedures at the Sub-National Level : The Case of Lima, Peru

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dc.contributor.authorRada, Kristtian
dc.contributor.authorBlotte, Ursula
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T12:50:25Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T12:50:25Z
dc.date.issued2007-03
dc.description.abstractObtaining an operating license used to be the most bureaucratic procedure when starting a business in Peru, accounting for 62 percent of the total time. In January 2006, with assistance from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) technical assistance (TA) facility, the metropolitan municipality of Lima launched a new process that reduced the total time needed from 60 to 3 days! In addition, the number of inspections was reduced from five to just one multipurpose inspection; average visits by business owners to the municipality were slashed from 11 to 2; and costs fell by over 50 percent for small firms. In the nine months since the reform was introduced, the municipality registered over 8,314 firms, more than in the last 7 years combined. Here are four key lessons the authors learned along the way: 1) to promote reforms at the sub-national level, it is necessary to get the support of the local media to build awareness of the importance of reducing bureaucratic barriers; 2) when collecting information for the diagnostic, you must work jointly with municipal officers to create a shared understanding of the problem and motivation for change; 3) to implement the new procedures, municipal personnel have to be not only technically trained but also highly motivated and committed; and 4) to avoid the reappearance of the old bottlenecks in the procedure, it is critical that the private sector become a sustainability watchdog.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/9895112/improving-business-registration-procedures-sub-national-level-case-lima-peru
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/10715
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/10715
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIFC Smart Lessons Brief
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectADVISORY SERVICES
dc.subjectAWARENESS CAMPAIGN
dc.subjectBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENTRY
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectBUSINESS REGISTRATION
dc.subjectBUSINESSES
dc.subjectCONTRIBUTIONS
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectFLOW OF INFORMATION
dc.subjectGLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectINSPECTION
dc.subjectINSPECTIONS
dc.subjectINSTITUTION
dc.subjectINVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subjectINVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLICENSE
dc.subjectLOCAL MEDIA
dc.subjectMARKET RESEARCH
dc.subjectMATERIAL
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subjectPOLITICAL WILL
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectREGISTRY
dc.subjectRESULTS
dc.subjectSALARIES
dc.subjectTRAINING WORKSHOPS
dc.subjectTRANSACTION
dc.subjectWORKING HOURS
dc.titleImproving Business Registration Procedures at the Sub-National Level : The Case of Lima, Peruen
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaPublic-Private Partnerships
okr.date.disclosure2012-01-17
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T10:02:12.973925Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/9895112/improving-business-registration-procedures-sub-national-level-case-lima-peru
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid631271468068331043
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000334955_20080930060730
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum9895112
okr.identifier.report45692
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/09/30/000334955_20080930060730/Rendered/PDF/456920BRI0Box3120071BusinessRegPeru.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryPeru
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Competitiveness and Competition Policy
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::E-Business
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Business Environment
okr.topicSocial Development::Children and Youth
okr.unitAS - Latin America & Caribbean (CLALA)
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