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Tokyo Start-Up Ecosystem

Mulas, Victor; Astudillo, Pablo; Riku, Takashi; Wyne, Jamil; Zhang, Xin (2021-09-01)

This report analyzes the start-up ecosystem in Tokyo and the greater surrounding area in Japan in the transition of the innovation model to a hybrid of traditional public sector-university-corporation research and development (R and D) combined with start-up agile innovation. It first introduces the role of a start-up ecosystem in contributing to the development of global cities, and thus to the wider national economy. It then takes a country-level view of Japan’s innovation system, within which the metropolitan region operates, in the transition to the innovation-start-up ecosystem. This description is followed by an analysis of the specifics of the Tokyo start-up ecosystem - which consists of investment, support infrastructure, and skills infrastructure - factors that merit close inspection and deep analytics. And finally, the report ends with conclusions - what can be done better ...

This report analyzes the start-up ecosystem in Tokyo and the greater surrounding area in Japan in the transition of the innovation model to a hybrid of traditional public sector-university-corporation research and development (R and D) combined with start-up agile innovation. It first introduces the role of a start-up ecosystem in contributing to the development of global cities, and thus to the wider national economy. It then takes a country ...

This report analyzes the start-up ecosystem in Tokyo and the greater surrounding area in Japan in the transition of the innovation model to a hybrid of traditional public sector-university-corporation research and development (R and D) combined with start-up agile innovation. It first introduces the role of a start-up ecosystem in ...
South Africa : Tax Compliance Burden for Small Businesses : A Survey of Tax Practitioners

FIAS (2007-08)

This report is focused on the survey of the compliance experience of professional accountants and bookkeepers in respect of their small business clients in South Africa. It will be complemented by two related surveys, one of small businesses that are registered with the South African Revenue Service (SARS), regarding their time and cost requirements for tax compliance, and one of informal businesses, regarding their perceptions about tax compliance. The purpose of the set of three surveys is to document estimated tax compliance costs for small businesses in South Africa, to identify the most onerous compliance burdens based on these costs in order to confirm and guide reform priorities, and to provide inputs towards the development of an educational campaign by SARS that will help to encourage tax compliance amongst small businesses in South Africa. It is envisaged that the surveys will also ...

This report is focused on the survey of the compliance experience of professional accountants and bookkeepers in respect of their small business clients in South Africa. It will be complemented by two related surveys, one of small businesses that are registered with the South African Revenue Service (SARS), regarding their time and cost requirements for tax compliance, and one of informal businesses, regarding their perceptions about tax ...

This report is focused on the survey of the compliance experience of professional accountants and bookkeepers in respect of their small business clients in South Africa. It will be complemented by two related surveys, one of small businesses that are registered with the South African Revenue Service (SARS), regarding their time and ...
Senegal Investment Climate Reform Action Plan

World Bank (2020)

This Investment Climate Reform Action Plan summarizes the economic context of Senegal as well as the main constraints private sector faces in the country, and provides a number of recommendations on which the World Bank (WB) and the Government of Senegal (GOS) can collaborate on to eliminate poverty and promote shared prosperity. Section one leverages an Investment Climate Scan drawing on economic data from global resources summarizes the situation of Senegal with reference to the macroeconomic and political factors that are impeding its development. The analysis includes benchmarking different IC characteristics against selected structural, aspirational, and regional comparators. Annex one expands on the Scan’s methodology. Section two summarized relevant WBG diagnostics by presenting a stocktaking of available diagnostics and efforts to improve the country’s investment climate. Section ...

This Investment Climate Reform Action Plan summarizes the economic context of Senegal as well as the main constraints private sector faces in the country, and provides a number of recommendations on which the World Bank (WB) and the Government of Senegal (GOS) can collaborate on to eliminate poverty and promote shared prosperity. Section one leverages an Investment Climate Scan drawing on economic data from global resources summarizes the ...

This Investment Climate Reform Action Plan summarizes the economic context of Senegal as well as the main constraints private sector faces in the country, and provides a number of recommendations on which the World Bank (WB) and the Government of Senegal (GOS) can collaborate on to eliminate poverty and promote shared prosperity. ...

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