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Doing Business 2009 : Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies

dc.contributor.author International Finance Corporation
dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2012-05-22T18:45:11Z
dc.date.available 2012-05-22T18:45:11Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.description.abstract 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. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10350162/doing-business-2009-comparing-regulation-181-economies
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-8213-7609-6
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6313
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC : World Bank and Palgave Macmillon
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCOUNT
dc.subject ACCOUNTANTS
dc.subject ACCOUNTING
dc.subject ACCOUNTS
dc.subject BLOG
dc.subject BUSINESS ACTIVITY
dc.subject BUSINESS ENTRY
dc.subject BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject BUSINESS FUNCTIONS
dc.subject BUSINESS INDICATOR
dc.subject BUSINESS INDICATORS
dc.subject BUSINESS REGISTRATION
dc.subject BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS
dc.subject BUSINESS REGULATION
dc.subject BUSINESS REGULATIONS
dc.subject BUSINESS SURVEYS
dc.subject BUSINESS VALUES
dc.subject BUSINESSES
dc.subject CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
dc.subject CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
dc.subject COMMERCIAL BANKS
dc.subject COMPANY INFORMATION
dc.subject COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject CONSUMER GOODS
dc.subject CONTACT INFORMATION
dc.subject CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject COPYRIGHT
dc.subject COST ESTIMATES
dc.subject CUSTOMS
dc.subject E-MAIL
dc.subject ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject ELECTRICITY
dc.subject ELECTRONIC FILING
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
dc.subject ENTREPRENEURSHIP
dc.subject EXPENDITURE
dc.subject FIXED COSTS
dc.subject FOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subject GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject GOOD PRACTICES
dc.subject GOVERNMENT DECREE
dc.subject HOUSING
dc.subject INFLATION
dc.subject INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INSPECTION
dc.subject INSPECTIONS
dc.subject INTERFACE
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
dc.subject LAWS
dc.subject LEGISLATION
dc.subject LICENSE
dc.subject LICENSES
dc.subject LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subject MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
dc.subject MATERIAL
dc.subject NEW ENTRANTS
dc.subject ONE-STOP SHOP
dc.subject ONE-STOP SHOPS
dc.subject ONLINE BUSINESS
dc.subject ONLINE REGISTRATION
dc.subject ONLINE SERVICES
dc.subject PAYMENT OF TAXES
dc.subject PAYROLL
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject PROPERTY TRANSFERS
dc.subject PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject QUALITY ASSURANCE
dc.subject QUERIES
dc.subject REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS
dc.subject REGISTRIES
dc.subject REGISTRY
dc.subject REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject REGULATORY SYSTEMS
dc.subject RESULTS
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SEARCH
dc.subject SECURITIES
dc.subject STARTUPS
dc.subject SUBSIDIARY
dc.subject SUBSTITUTES
dc.subject TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
dc.subject TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject TELEPHONE
dc.subject TRANSACTION
dc.subject TRANSPORT
dc.subject USER
dc.subject USERS
dc.subject USES
dc.subject VERIFICATION
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WORKING HOURS
dc.title Doing Business 2009 : Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies en
dc.title.alternative Doing business 2009 : comparaison des regilementations dans 181 pays Doing business 2009 : comparando la regulacion en 181 economias en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Public-Private Partnerships
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10350162/doing-business-2009-comparing-regulation-181-economies
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/978-0-8213-7609-6
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333038_20090316024309
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 10350162
okr.identifier.report 47717
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/03/16/000333038_20090316024309/Rendered/PDF/477170PUB0ENGL10Box338862B01PUBLIC1.pdf en
okr.peerreview Academic Peer Review
okr.topic Private Sector Development :: Competitiveness and Competition Policy
okr.topic Private Sector Development :: Business Environment
okr.topic Private Sector Development :: E-Business
okr.topic Banks and Banking Reform
okr.topic Private Sector Development :: Business in Development
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development
okr.unit Doing Business - IFC (FGIDB)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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