International Finance CorporationWorld Bank2014-04-072014-04-072013-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17634The private sector, through investment and job creation, plays a crucial role in a country's fight against poverty. Where an effective private sector is lacking, business registration reform has been shown to be one of the essential first steps toward fostering private-sector growth. The easier, faster, and cheaper the business registration process becomes, the higher the number of businesses in an economy. A number of recent studies have found that simpler registration processes translate into advantages for workers and employers, including greater employment opportunities, more productive jobs, and higher total factor productivity. In addition, society as a whole benefits from registration reform. Business registration reform also has the potential to reduce both informality and gender disparity in entrepreneurship. This toolkit provides a systematic analysis of various reform options and is meant to serve as a guide for policy makers and practitioners implementing business registration reform. The toolkit thus displays the fundamentals of international good practice that can be adapted to specific country contexts in a coherent, consistent, and sustainable way.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS CONTROLACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCOUNTACCOUNTANTSACCOUNTSACQUISITIONADMINISTRATIVE COSTSADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSESADOPTION OF ICTAUTOMATIONBACK-OFFICEBACKUPBANDWIDTHBARRIERS TO ENTRYBASICBEST-PRACTICEBROADBANDBROADBAND NETWORKSBUSINESS APPLICATIONSBUSINESS COMMUNITYBUSINESS COSTSBUSINESS CREATIONBUSINESS ENTITYBUSINESS ENTRYBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTSBUSINESS FORMATIONBUSINESS INDICATORBUSINESS INFORMATIONBUSINESS LAWBUSINESS PROCESSBUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERINGBUSINESS PROCESSESBUSINESS REGISTRATIONBUSINESS REGISTRATIONSBUSINESSESCAPABILITIESCAPACITY BUILDINGCERTIFICATECERTIFICATESCHAMBER OF COMMERCECODESCOMMERCECOMMERCIAL RISKCOMMUNICATION STRATEGYCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYCOMPANY INFORMATIONCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPONENTSCOMPUTER LITERACYCOMPUTERSCONNECTIVITYCOPYRIGHTCOST ESTIMATESCUSTOMCUSTOMSDATA CENTERSDATA DEFINITIONDATA INTEGRITYDATABASE ADMINISTRATIONDEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATIONDIGITALDIGITIZATIONDISPUTE RESOLUTIONDOCUMENT REQUIREMENTSE-GOVERNMENTE-PAYMENTE-SERVICESECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONEGOVERNMENTELECTRICITYELECTRONIC SIGNATURESELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONENABLING ENVIRONMENTEND USEREND USERSENTERPRISE ARCHITECTUREENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENTEXCHANGE OF INFORMATIONFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFOREIGN INVESTMENTFUNCTIONALITIESFUNCTIONALITYGOOD PRACTICEGOOD PRACTICESGOVERNMENT POLICIESGOVERNMENT SERVICEGOVERNMENT SERVICESGOVERNMENT-TO-BUSINESSHARDWAREHARMONIZATIONHUMAN CAPACITYHUMAN RESOURCESICTIDIDENTIFICATION NUMBERIDENTIFICATION NUMBERSIDENTITY MANAGEMENTIMPACT ANALYSISIMPLEMENTATION PLANINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINFORMATION EXCHANGEINFORMATION FLOWSINFORMATION SECURITYINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINSPECTIONINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTERFACEINTERFACESINTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICESINTERNET SECURITYINTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERSINTEROPERABILITYISPSKNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL FRAMEWORKSLICENSELICENSESLIMITED ACCESSLOCAL AREA NETWORKMAILING LISTSMARKET INFORMATIONMARKETINGMATERIALMEDIUM ENTERPRISEMEDIUM ENTERPRISESMIDDLEMENNECESSARY SKILLSNETWORKINGNEW TECHNOLOGYOCROFFICE AUTOMATIONOFFICE OPERATIONSONE-STOP SHOPONE-STOP SHOPSONESTOP SHOPONESTOP­SHOPONLINE BUSINESSONLINE FORMONLINE FORMSONLINE REGISTRATIONONLINE SERVICESONLINE SYSTEMSOUTSOURCINGPEER-TO-PEERPENETRATION RATEPRIVATE SECTORPROCUREMENTPRODUCTIVITYPROTOCOLSPROTOTYPESPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY STANDARDSQUERIESRADARREGISTERSREGISTRATION APPLICATIONREGISTRATION APPLICATIONSREGISTRIESREGISTRYREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY FRAMEWORKSREGULATORY SYSTEMSRELIABILITYRESULTRESULTSSALESSEARCHSEARCHESSECURE AUTHENTICATIONSELLINGSERVERSERVERSSERVICES INFRASTRUCTURESOFTWARE APPLICATIONSOFTWARE PROCUREMENTSOFTWARE VENDORSSTANDARDIZATIONSUPERVISIONSYSTEM DESIGNSYSTEM REQUIREMENTSSYSTEMS SOFTWARETAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBERTECHNICAL REQUIREMENTSTECHNICAL STAFFTECHNICAL SUPPORTTECHNOLOGY PLATFORMTECHNOLOGY PLATFORMSTECHNOLOGY RISKSTELEPHONETRAINING MATERIALSUSERSVERIFICATIONVERIFICATIONSVIDEOSWEBWEB SITEWEBSITEWEBSITESWORKFLOW MANAGEMENTWWWXMLINVESTMENT CLIMATE10.1596/17634