Rwanda’s New Companies : An Overview of Registrations, Taxes, Employment and Exports
The Government of Rwanda has introduced several reforms since 2009 that have significantly improved the domestic business environment. One of the reforms is the one-stop shop for business registration. Making use of newly available administrative d...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25727124/rwanda’s-new-companies-overview-registrations-taxes-employment-exports http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23626 |
| Summary: | The Government of Rwanda has introduced
several reforms since 2009 that have significantly improved
the domestic business environment. One of the reforms is the
one-stop shop for business registration. Making use of newly
available administrative data sources such as tax and
company registrations records, this paper sheds light on the
effects of the introduction of the one-stop shop on company
registrations, taxes, employment, and exports between 2008
and 2012. The paper finds sizable benefits to Rwandas
efforts, which are mostly driven by the registration of
large and mid-sized companies, with a limited contribution
from small and micro-sized ones. The use of a newly
available data source highlights the potential uses of
growing bodies of administrative data and their possible shortfalls. |
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