World Bank Group2016-03-032016-03-032016-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23859Doing 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 Latin America. It also shows the regional average, the best performance globally for each indicator and data for the following comparator regions: Caribbean States, East Asia and the Pacific (EAP), European Union (EU), 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 IGOAUCTIONREGULATORY FRAMEWORKPUBLIC UTILITIESEQUIPMENTCUSTOMERREGISTRIESINSTALLATIONCERTIFICATEMATERIALSSEARCHINFORMATION SYSTEMBUYERPAYMENT SYSTEMINFORMATIONAPPROVAL SYSTEMMONITORINGCOPYRIGHTMINORITY INVESTORSPRICEPRIVATE PROPERTYVERIFICATIONINFORMATION SYSTEMSREGISTRYINTERNATIONAL BANKDISPUTE RESOLUTIONCUSTOMS CLEARANCETRANSLATIONINSTITUTIONSONLINE PAYMENTDATACOMMERCIAL ACTIVITIESBUSINESS REGULATIONONE-STOP SHOPDOMAINCOMMERCIAL BUSINESSLICENSECUSTOMSCUSTOMS DECLARATIONFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSBUYERSAUTOMATIONWEBSTANDARDIZATIONCUSTOMER SERVICEMATERIALNATURAL RESOURCESBUSINESS REGISTRATIONDATABASESLEGAL FRAMEWORKTELEPHONEIDENTIFICATION NUMBERTRANSACTIONSMANUFACTURINGINSTALLATIONSTECHNOLOGYTRANSACTIONRELIABILITYINSPECTIONPROCUREMENTBUSINESS INDICATORFINANCIAL TRANSACTIONSINTERNAL PROCESSESONLINE FACILITIESPERSONAL DATA PROTECTIONSOFTWARERESULTSELECTRONIC SERVICESDOCUMENT REQUIREMENTSCOMPETITIVENESSREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTELECTRICITYCUSTOMTECHNICAL EXPERTISEMANAGEMENT SYSTEMPERSONAL DATABEST PRACTICEPROPERTYPRODUCT CATEGORYBUSINESS INDICATORSPRIVATE SECTORELECTRONIC DATATRANSLATIONSIMAGESNEW MARKETSQUERIESSECURITIESADMINISTRATIONRESULTELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONBUSINESS TOOLSLICENSE FEEELECTRONIC FILINGSECURITYBUSINESS ACTIVITYLICENSESBUSINESSBUSINESSESNETWORKELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONSELECTRONIC PAYMENTONLINE REGISTRATIONPERFORMANCEBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTINSPECTIONSDISTRIBUTION NETWORKTAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBERADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSESECONOMIC ACTIVITIESCERTIFICATESPROFITSOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMBUSINESS RELATIONSHIPSBUSINESS REGULATIONSTRACKING SYSTEMELECTRONIC PLATFORMAPPROVAL SYSTEMSDATABASEPROFITSPAYMENT SYSTEMSCOMMODITYEXPERT OPINIONGUARANTEEINTERNATIONAL SHIPPINGUSESPAYMENT OF TAXESTECHNICAL STANDARDSReportWorld Bank10.1596/23859