World Bank Group2016-03-072016-03-072016-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23876Doing 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 South Asia (SA). It also shows the regional average, the best performance globally for each indicator and data for the following comparator regions: Latin America, East Asia and the Pacific (EAP), Europe and Central Asia (ECA), Middle East and North Africa (MENA) 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 IGOE-MAILEQUIPMENTACCOUNTINGCUSTOMERREGISTRIESINSTALLATIONCERTIFICATEOVERHEADGOOD PRACTICESSEARCHINFORMATION SYSTEMSALESDEPRECIATIONBUYERPAYMENT SYSTEMINFORMATIONSELLINGMONITORINGFINANCIAL STATEMENTSCOPYRIGHTDISTRIBUTIONMINORITY INVESTORSPRICEOWNERSHIPPRIVATE PROPERTYVERIFICATIONQUALITYINFORMATION SYSTEMSREGISTRYINTERNATIONAL BANKDISPUTE RESOLUTIONAUDITSCUSTOMS CLEARANCETRANSLATIONINSTITUTIONSLABOR MARKETLINKDATACOMMERCIAL ACTIVITIESBUSINESS REGULATIONONE-STOP SHOPSOLAR PANELSDOMAINCOMMERCIAL BUSINESSCONTRACTSLICENSECUSTOMSTRADINGFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSBUYERSAUTOMATIONWEBSTANDARDIZATIONMATERIALNATURAL RESOURCESBUSINESS REGISTRATIONDATABASESACCOUNTLEGAL FRAMEWORKTELEPHONETAXESTRANSACTIONSRESOURCESMANUFACTURINGINSTALLATIONSTECHNOLOGYTRANSACTIONINVESTORSRELIABILITYBUSINESS OPERATIONSINSPECTIONPROCUREMENTBUSINESS INDICATOREXPENSESRESULTSDOCUMENT REQUIREMENTSCOMPETITIVENESSREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTELECTRICITYCUSTOMTECHNICAL EXPERTISEFAXMANAGEMENT SYSTEMBEST PRACTICEPROPERTYPRODUCT CATEGORYCOSTBUSINESS INDICATORSPRIVATE SECTORMARKETELECTRONIC DATATRANSLATIONSQUALITY CONTROLIMAGESNEW MARKETSQUERIESSECURITIESADMINISTRATIONRESULTBUSINESS TOOLSELECTRONIC FILINGSECURITYBUSINESS ACTIVITYLICENSESBUSINESSBUSINESSESNETWORKELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONSELECTRONIC PAYMENTONLINE REGISTRATIONPERFORMANCEBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTINSPECTIONSPURCHASINGDISTRIBUTION NETWORKCERTIFICATESPROFITCOMMUNICATIONBUSINESS RELATIONSHIPSBUSINESS REGULATIONSONLINE BUSINESSCUSTOMERSDATABASEPROFITSCOMMODITYIMPLEMENTATIONEXPERT OPINIONGUARANTEEINTERNATIONAL SHIPPINGUSESTECHNICAL STANDARDSReportWorld Bank10.1596/23876