World BankInternational Finance Corporation2017-05-152017-05-152012-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26612This 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 Latvia. 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 SERVICESACCOUNTACCOUNTINGBALANCE SHEETBANK ACCOUNTBANK LOANBANKRUPTCYBANKRUPTCY LAWBORROWERBUSINESS ENTRYBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS INDICATORBUSINESS REGISTRATIONBUSINESS REGULATIONBUSINESSESBUYERCADASTRECAPITAL GAINSCERTIFICATECOLLATERALCOLLATERAL AGREEMENTCOLLATERAL FOR LOANSCOLLATERAL LAWCOLLATERAL REGISTRYCOMMERCIAL ACTIVITIESCOMMERCIAL BUSINESSCOMMERCIAL CODECOMMERCIAL REGISTRYCOMPANY LAWSCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPLIANCE COSTSCONFLICT OF INTERESTCONTRACTORSCREDIT HISTORYCREDIT INFORMATIONCREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEMCREDIT SOURCECREDITORSCUSTOMER SERVICEDEBIT CARDDEBTORDEBTSDEEDSDEFAULTSDEPOSITDISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTSDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDISTRIBUTION SERVICESDOMAINE-MAILECONOMIC ACTIVITYELECTRICITYELECTRONIC SIGNATUREENFORCEMENT PROCEDURESFINANCIAL HISTORYFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL STATEMENTSFINANCIAL TRANSACTIONSFRAUDGOOD PRACTICEIMMOVABLE PROPERTYINCOME TAXINFORMATION SHARINGINFORMATION SYSTEMINSPECTIONINSTALLATIONINSTITUTIONINSURANCEINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINVESTOR PROTECTIONISSUANCELEGAL RIGHTSLENDERLENDING DECISIONSLEVYLICENSELIENSLIMITED LIABILITYLOCAL BUSINESSMACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSMANUFACTURINGMATERIALMINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTMINORITY INVESTORSMINORITY SHAREHOLDERMINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTIONSMORTGAGEMOVABLE ASSETSMOVABLE COLLATERALNETWORK CONNECTIONNEW MARKETSNOTARYNOTARY PUBLICONE-STOP SHOPONLINE DATABASEORIGINAL ASSETSOVERHEADPERSONAL ASSETSPERSONAL INCOMEPOSSESSORY SECURITYPRIVATE CREDITPRIVATE CREDIT BUREAUPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR CREDITPROCUREMENTPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC REGISTRYPURCHASINGQUERIESREAL PROPERTYREGISTRATION APPLICATIONREGISTRATION FEEREGISTRYREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREPAYMENTRESULTSRETURNSALESSALES AGREEMENTSECURITIESSECURITIES REGULATIONSSECURITY INTERESTSERVICE PROVIDERSSHAREHOLDERSTAMP DUTYSTOCK EXCHANGESUPERVISORY BOARDTAXTAX RATETAX RULESTAX SYSTEMTECHNICAL KNOWLEDGETECHNICAL REQUIREMENTSTECHNICAL STANDARDSTELEPHONETELEPHONE LINETIME FRAMETRADE CREDITORSTRADINGTRANSACTIONTRANSACTIONS SYSTEMTRANSLATIONTRANSPARENCYTURNOVERUSERUSESVERIFICATIONWAREHOUSEReportWorld Bank10.1596/26612