World BankInternational Finance Corporation2017-05-152017-05-152012-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26598This tenth edition of Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting eleven areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and employing workers. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 185 economies, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, over time. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why. This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for New Zealand. To allow useful comparison, it also provides data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each indicator. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2012 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January - December 2011).en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO SERVICESACCOUNTACCOUNTINGBANK LOANBANKRUPTCYBANKRUPTCY LAWBONDBORROWERBUSINESS ACTIVITYBUSINESS CENTERBUSINESS ENTRYBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS INDICATORBUSINESS REGISTRATIONBUSINESS REGULATIONBUSINESSESBUYERCADASTRECALL CENTRECAPITAL GAINSCERTIFICATECHECKSCOLLATERALCOLLATERAL AGREEMENTCOLLATERAL FOR LOANSCOLLATERAL LAWCOLLATERAL REGISTRYCOMMERCIAL ACTIVITIESCOMMERCIAL BUSINESSCOMMERCIAL LAWSCOMPANY LAWSCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPLIANCE COSTSCONFLICT OF INTERESTCONTRACTORSCREDIT CARDCREDIT HISTORYCREDIT INFORMATIONCREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEMCREDIT SOURCECREDITORSCUSTOMSCUSTOMS CLEARANCEDEBTORDEBTSDEFAULTSDEPOSITDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTSDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDOCUMENT REQUIREMENTSDOMAINE-MAILECONOMIC ACTIVITYELECTRICITYELECTRONIC FILINGENFORCEMENT PROCEDURESEXPORTERSFINANCIAL HISTORYFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL STATEMENTSFINANCIAL TRANSACTIONSGLOBAL MARKETSGOOD PRACTICEIMAGEIMMOVABLE PROPERTYINCOME TAXINFORMATION SHARINGINFORMATION SYSTEMINSPECTIONINSPECTIONSINSTALLATIONINTEREST INCOMEINTEREST PAYMENTSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINVESTOR PROTECTIONLAND TITLELAND VALUELEGAL RIGHTSLENDERLENDING DECISIONSLEVYLICENSELIENSLIMITED LIABILITYLOCAL BUSINESSLOCAL GOVERNMENTMACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSMANUFACTURINGMATERIALMINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTMINORITY INVESTORSMINORITY SHAREHOLDERMINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTIONSMORTGAGEMOVABLE ASSETSMOVABLE COLLATERALNATURAL RESOURCESNEW MARKETSNOTARYONE-STOP SHOPONLINE REGISTRATIONONLINE SERVICEORIGINAL ASSETSOVERHEADPERSONAL ASSETSPHONE CONNECTIONPOSSESSORY SECURITYPRIVATE CREDITPRIVATE CREDIT BUREAUPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR CREDITPROCUREMENTPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC REGISTRYPURCHASINGQUERIESREGISTRATION FEEREGISTRATION SYSTEMREGISTRYREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY REQUIREMENTSREPAYMENTRESERVERESULTSRETURNSALESSALES AGREEMENTSECURITIESSECURITIES REGULATIONSSECURITY INTERESTSELLINGSERVICE PROVIDERSHAREHOLDERSTOCK EXCHANGETAXTAX RATETAX RULESTAX SYSTEMTECHNICAL STANDARDSTELEPHONETELEPHONE LINETRADE CREDITORSTRADINGTRADING COSTSTRANSACTIONTRANSACTIONS SYSTEMTRANSLATIONTRANSPARENCYTURNOVERUSERUSER CHARGESUSERSUSESVERIFICATIONWAREHOUSEWEBWEB SITEWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/26598