Publication: Doing Business 2010 : Reforming through Difficult Times - Comparing Regulation in 183 Economies
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Date
2009
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Published
2009
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International Finance Corporation
World Bank
Abstract
Doing Business 2010 is the seventh 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 183 economies-from Afghanistan to
Zimbabwe-and over time. The methodology for the employing
workers indicators changed for Doing Business 2010. Research
is ongoing in two new areas: getting electricity and worker
protection. Initial results are presented in this report.
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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“International Finance Corporation; World Bank. 2009. Doing Business 2010 : Reforming
through Difficult Times - Comparing Regulation in 183 Economies. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2562 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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