World Bank Group2016-03-032016-03-032016-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23863Doing 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 11 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and labor market regulation. Doing Business 2016 presents the data for the labor market regulation indicators in an annex. The report does not present rankings of economies on labor market regulation indicators or include the topic in the aggregate distance to frontier score or ranking on the ease of doing business. This regional profile presents the Doing Business indicators for economies in Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). It also shows the regional average, the best performance globally for each indicator and data for the following comparator regions: Southern African Development Community (SADC), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), South Asia (SA) and OECD High Income.. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2015 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January–December 2014).en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOHARMONIZATIONEQUIPMENTACCOUNTINGCUSTOMERREGISTRIESINSTALLATIONCERTIFICATEOVERHEADGOOD PRACTICESMATERIALSINFORMATION SYSTEMSALESDEPRECIATIONBUYERINFORMATIONSELLINGMONITORINGFINANCIAL STATEMENTSCOPYRIGHTDISTRIBUTIONMINORITY INVESTORSPRICEOWNERSHIPPRIVATE PROPERTYVERIFICATIONQUALITYINFORMATION SYSTEMSREGISTRYINTERNATIONAL BANKDISPUTE RESOLUTIONAUDITSCUSTOMS CLEARANCETRANSLATIONINSTITUTIONSLABOR MARKETDATACOMMERCIAL ACTIVITIESBUSINESS REGULATIONCOMMERCEONE-STOP SHOPDOMAINCOMMERCIAL BUSINESSCONTRACTSLICENSECUSTOMSTRADINGFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSBUYERSAUTOMATIONSTANDARDIZATIONMATERIALNATURAL RESOURCESBUSINESS REGISTRATIONDATABASESACCOUNTLEGAL FRAMEWORKADMINISTRATIVE COSTSTELEPHONETAXESIDENTIFICATION NUMBERTRANSACTIONSRESOURCESMANUFACTURINGINSTALLATIONSTECHNOLOGYTRANSACTIONINVESTORSRELIABILITYPROCUREMENTINSPECTIONAUDITORSBUSINESS INDICATOREXPENSESRESULTSDOCUMENT REQUIREMENTSCOMPETITIVENESSGPSREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTELECTRICITYCUSTOMTECHNICAL EXPERTISEBEST PRACTICEPROPERTYPRODUCT CATEGORYCOSTBUSINESS INDICATORSPRIVATE SECTORMARKETELECTRONIC DATATRANSLATIONSQUALITY CONTROLIMAGESNEW MARKETSQUERIESSECURITIESBUSINESS ENTITIESADMINISTRATIONRESULTBUSINESS TOOLSELECTRONIC FILINGSECURITYBUSINESS ACTIVITYLICENSESBUSINESSBUSINESSESNETWORKELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONSPERFORMANCEBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTINSPECTIONSPURCHASINGDISTRIBUTION NETWORKCERTIFICATESPROFITBUSINESS RELATIONSHIPSBUSINESS REGULATIONSTRACKING SYSTEMCUSTOMERSDATABASEPROFITSCOMMODITYIMPLEMENTATIONEXPERT OPINIONGUARANTEEINTERNATIONAL SHIPPINGQUALITY OF SERVICEBUSINESS LAWTECHNICAL STANDARDSReportWorld Bank10.1596/23863