World BankInternational Finance Corporation2017-05-152017-05-152012-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26624This 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 Nicaragua. 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 SERVICESACCOUNTINGBANK GUARANTEESBANK LOANBANKRUPTCYBANKRUPTCY LAWBORROWERBUSINESS ENTRYBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS INDICATORBUSINESS REGISTRATIONBUSINESS REGULATIONBUSINESSESBUYERCADASTRECAPITAL GAINSCELL PHONECELLULAR PHONECERTIFICATECOLLATERALCOLLATERAL AGREEMENTCOLLATERAL FOR LOANSCOLLATERAL LAWCOLLATERAL REGISTRYCOMMERCECOMMERCIAL ACTIVITIESCOMMERCIAL BANKCOMMERCIAL BUSINESSCOMMERCIAL REGISTRYCOMPANY LAWSCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPLIANCE COSTSCOMPUTERSCONFLICT OF INTERESTCONTRACTORSCREDIT HISTORYCREDIT INFORMATIONCREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEMCREDIT SOURCECREDITORSDEBTORDEBTSDEEDDEFAULTSDEPOSITDISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTSDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDOMAINE-MAILELECTRICITYENFORCEMENT PROCEDURESEQUIPMENTFINANCIAL HISTORYFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONFINANCIAL RESOURCESGOOD PRACTICEIMMOVABLE PROPERTYIMPACT ASSESSMENTINFORMATION SHARINGINFORMATION SYSTEMINSPECTIONINSTALLATIONINSTITUTIONINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINVESTOR PROTECTIONLEGAL RIGHTSLENDERLENDING DECISIONSLICENSELICENSE FEELIENSLIMITED LIABILITYLOCAL BUSINESSMACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSMARKET PRICEMARKET VALUEMATERIALMINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTMINORITY INVESTORSMINORITY SHAREHOLDERMINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTIONSMORTGAGEMOVABLE ASSETSMOVABLE COLLATERALNATURAL RESOURCESNEW MARKETSNOTARYNOTARY PUBLICONE-STOP SHOPORIGINAL ASSETSOVERHEADPERSONAL ASSETSPOSSESSORY SECURITYPRIVATE CREDITPRIVATE CREDIT BUREAUPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR CREDITPROCUREMENTPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC REGISTRYPURCHASINGQUERIESREAL PROPERTYREGISTRATION FEEREGISTRYREGISTRY OFFICEREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY REQUIREMENTSREPAYMENTRESULTSSALESSALES AGREEMENTSECURITIESSECURITIES REGULATIONSSECURITY INTERESTSERVICE PROVIDERSSHAREHOLDERSSOCIAL CAPITALSOLVENCYSTOCK EXCHANGETAXTAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBERTAX RATETAX RULESTECHNICAL DEPARTMENTTECHNICAL STANDARDSTELEPHONETELEPHONE LINETELEPHONE SERVICETRADE CREDITORSTRADINGTRANSACTIONTRANSACTIONS SYSTEMTRANSLATIONTRANSPARENCYTREASURYTURNOVERUSERSUSESVALUATIONVERIFICATIONWAREHOUSEReportWorld Bank